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Comparison of Edge terms from various Open Source Efforts
| Characteristics | Other Terms | ||||||||||||
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| Generic Term | |||||||||||||
| Compute | Storage | Networking | RTT | Security | Scalability | Elasticity | Resiliency | Preferred Workload Architecture | OpenStack | OPNFV Edge | Edge Glossary |
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Regional Data Center (DC) Fixed |
1000's |
Standardised | 10's EB |
Standardised HDD and NVMe Permanence | >100 Gbps Standardised | ~100 ms | Highly Secure | Horizontal and unlimited scaling | Rapid spin up and down | Infrastructure architected for resiliency Redundancy for FT and HA | Microservices based Stateless Hosted on Containers | Central Data Center | |||||
Metro Data Centers Fixed | 10's to 100's Standardised | 100's PB Standardised NVMe on PCIe Permanence | > 100 Gbps Standardised | ~10 ms | Highly Secure | Horizontal but limited scaling | Rapid spin up and down | Infrastructure architected for some level of resiliency Redundancy for limited FT and HA | Microservices based Stateless Hosted on Containers | Edge Site | Large Edge | Aggregation Edge | |
Edge |
Fixed / Mobile | 10's |
Some Variability |
100 TB Standardised NVMe on PCIe Permanence / Ephemeral | 50 Gbps Standardised | ~5 ms | Low Level of Trust | Horizontal but highly constrained scaling, if any | Rapid spin up (when possible) and down | Applications designed for resiliency against infra failures No or highly limited redundancy | Microservices based Stateless Hosted on Containers | Far Edge Site | Medium Edge | Access Edge / Aggregation Edge | ||
Mini-/Micro-Edge |
Mobile / Fixed | 1's High Variability Harsh Environments | 10's GB NVMe Ephemeral Caching | 10 Gbps Connectivity not Guaranteed | <2 ms Located in network proximity of EUD/IOT | Untrusted | Limited Vertical Scaling (resizing) | Constrained | Applications designed for resiliency against infra failures No or highly limited redundancy | Microservices based or monolithic Stateless or Stateful Hosted on Containers or VMs | Fog Computing | Small Edge | Access Edge |