Edge hardware architectures
Edge systems can be server-class blades identical to the systems used in enterprise data centers or can be remote far-edge computing devices more akin to a hardened embedded computer. In this section, we explore some of the aspects of the hardware for far-edge appliances that must exist outside of the confines of data center infrastructure.
Dependent on the circumstances and environment, many choices in hardware design exist. You can use an off-the-shelf computing module provided by various OEMs or could chose to build hardware up from a set of discrete components or subsystem modules. Regardless of the method, the end hardware must serve the workload and use cases that are intended to be placed on the edge system.
No matter the architecture, all modern computing devices consist of a compute unit, bus, and memory. This is known as the von Neumann architecture. Whether we are working with a multi-access edge computer in the form of a dual socket...
