Two data centers used for retail credit authorization are located in two different major population centers, which are separated from each other by a large zone of very little population. Each data center is intended to cover a particular geographical area and thus contains data that reflect the account status of the cardholders in that area only. Communication between both data centers occurs only in case a cardholder from one geographical area shops in a retail credit establishment of the geographical area covered by the other data center.
a. Classify the relationship between the data centers as either client/server or peer to peer.
b. Classify the-database of the retail credit system as either partitioned or replicated.
c. Should the two data centers be consolidated into a single, centralized, cloud-based facility? Why or why not?