P2P networking

In the Novell and MS worlds there is a distinction between client/server and
peer-to-peer networking, but they have a different OS for client and server.
Does unix or Linux use special builds for running on a server, or is there
any such distinction with p2p?


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Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> In the Novell and MS worlds there is a distinction between client/server and
> peer-to-peer networking, but they have a different OS for client and server.

The difference between "client" OS and "server" OS is mostly marketing
and a little bit operational. There are no true differences other than
price; the technical differences are there to re-enforce the price
differences.

> Does unix or Linux use special builds for running on a server,

No, not particularly. Although there are public tuning parameters that
make a Linux system work better in one role or another (typically
"application/data/network services provider" and "warm body user
interface provider" roles), these parameters do not prevent you from
running your workstation install as a server or your server install as
a workstation.

> or is there any such distinction with p2p?

Again, purely artificial. Even in P2P, you get server-like and
client-like behaviours. But the P2P protocols typically don't depend on
one body always playing the part of server and another body always
playing the part of client.

HTH
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Thanks a lot.


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