Networks - Choosing a Network and Types of Networks
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- Created on: 10-04-18 21:47
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- Networks
- Choosing a Network for a Company
- Cost
- Buying equipment, installing, training users, maintenance and personnel.
- Size
- Large, multi-site organisationsmay need a WAN
- Small companies may need a LAN
- Amount of data they will process and types of comms. need considered.
- How Will It Be Used
- Types of applications the users will need
- How much data storage will be needed?
- Will they work from home?
- Existing Systems
- Must fit in with existing OS and protocols
- Must support peripherals all ready in use
- Performance Required
- Different parts of the network can have different requirements
- Eg. Real-time e-commerce requires greater speed, capacity and reliability than in-house pay roll systems.
- Different parts of the network can have different requirements
- Cost
- Types of Networks
- Peer-to-peer (P2P)
- Used in homes and small companies.
- No server - all machines have the same status
- Every machine can access all resources
- Client-Server
- Used in large organisations
- Central server that the client machines can access
- The server carries out many functions, such as file storage, sharing, internet access etc.
- Peer-to-peer (P2P)
- Choosing a Network for a Company
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