The ability of a client/server LAN to support shared data storage, provide network maintenance tools, and promote more efficient data backups offers advantages over a peer-topeer LAN.
• The extensive security features built into a client/server network operating system provide another advantage.
• Setting up and maintaining a client/server network, however, can be more difficult and more expensive than a peer-to-peer LAN, and require much more technical expertise to manage.
• For these reasons, a client/server LAN is the best networking choice for an organization with multiple users and the
technical staff and financial resources to develop and maintain the LAN.