COLLABORATIVE NETWORK COMPUTING MODEL

Network Computing Models

A network can be designed for processing information by either the client or the server. The network model can also be structured in a way that both the client and the server can process information. Depending on this flexibility, network computing models can be of three types:

Centralized network computing model

Distributed network computing model

Collaborative network computing model

Collaborative Network Computing Model

The collaborative network computing model is an advanced distributed computing model. In this model, nodes also share processing capabilities apart from sharing data, resources, and other services. In other words, processes can run on two or more computers. The following figure shows the collaborative network computing model:

Advantages
The advantage of the collaborative network computing model is:
Increased processing speed: The nodes on the collaborative network share the task of processing the request. This reduces the processing time and increases the overall network performance.