Disadvantages of a network

We List below some of the Disadvantages of a networking

• Crashes.  The biggest disadvantage is on a server based network. When the server crashes, work gets disrupted as all network resources and its benefits are lost. Unless proper precautions are taken to ensure regular backups, the lost may result in loss of days and even months of critical data and time.
• Data Security. As all data resources are all pooled together in a  network, it is possible for unauthorised personnel to access classified information if network security is weak or poorly implemented.
• Privacy. A network may also mean loss of privacy as anyone, especially your boss, with the right network privileges may be in a position to read your private e-mail or hook into your private chat session., thus breaching the privacy.
• There are advantages and disadvantages of sharing a program like Microsoft Word. On the plus side it makes easier to keep Microsoft Office updated, because if you want to upgrade the software you need to update only one copy of office, the one which is located on the server. Its easier to configure as well as a network version of an application is less expensive than if you copy a new application on each computer system.
• On the minus side, with so many users using a network to access a Program on the network, the network may get jammed, and the overall performance is poor.

Above were some of the disadvantages of setting up a computer network. But overall, the advantages of a networking are more than the disadvantages.

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