Peer-to-Peer

• Data is shared equally between systems without requiring a central server. • Each computer is equally responsible for providing data.

• Simpler network than client server to set up as no server is required. • Clients are not dependent on a server. • Perfect for quickly sharing files between systems e.g downloading media files.

• No central device to manage security or backups which means that backups must be performed on each individual system. • Computer performance will decrease with more devices connected to the network, especially if other machines are slow.