6 Good reasons to adopt a peer to peer network

Peer to peer networking is the easiest way to share a resource within a small organisation. In particular, it is suitable for organisations with less than 10 computers. In this technology, client computers act as both clients and servers. This technology holds enormous benefits, and here are 6 good reasons to adopt this technology.

Less control

There is no central administration in this type of network. A user decides whether to share resources or not. Users decide who to allow access to their resource. There is no need for a technical server administrator to control resources. Which makes a significant change to savings too.

Cheap to implement

Even organisations with computers between 2 to 10 can install a network and share resources. Thus it is cheap and cost effective to install a peer to peer network than it is to use computers as stand-alone.

Different logins

Different logins eliminate centralised administration where a network administrator has to grant permission to the use of resources. Clearly, anyone can access a resource without the pain of going through so much security in this type of network.

Backup and maintenance

Users have to backup each resource differently, possibly on different media. The advantage is that the destruction of one media would not affect the other. This provide added security.

Cost effective

Building a dedicated server requires a lot of thought. But there is more because resources like processors, memory, backup strategy, server software and licence all come into play. Whereas all a peer to peer network needs is a number of nodes, software, network interface card and connecting devices such as hub and switch.

Performance

In a client-server technology, the malfunctioning of a server affects network performance. However, peer to peer technology operates differently. Because the failure of a node hardly affects the performance of the network.

Peer to peer technology is an attractive proposition for any small business or even home user. If the issue of compromise is not a particular concern, then it certainly may be the way to go.

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