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Network Topology Effecting Fault Tolerance

Nowadays business applications need high bandwidth and low latency.

A layout of various components linked together determines the information flow, security susceptibility to electronic eavesdropping and fault-tolerance. In a mission-critical network, the administrator aims to minimize outrage.

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Assorted Network Topologies in LAN

Bus Topology or Linear Topology

An uninterrupted coax-based network backbone of single wire supports all networks devices, hence is cheap, quick and reasonably effective. It offers two single points of failures: server and backbone-wire if either fails all workstations lose connectivity. Although nowadays, the workstations have separate LINUX operating system installed, they continue to work without network.

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Ring Topology

Single network feed to which all network components are connected working as repeaters to form a ring. It has two single points of failures, the server, and wire and if either goes down the network breaks.

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Star Topology

All workstations connect to a single centralized device typically switch or hub. Easy to manage and troubleshoot workstations feed. A network remains fault-tolerance if any of the workstations halt.
Unlike bus and ring, star topology enables refined segmentation and shield's each workstation feed from eavesdropping with encryption.

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