Pros and cons of the proposed platform

The platform we have proposed in this chapter has highlighted several important concepts about IIoT and data processing. Let’s look at some of its advantages and disadvantages.

Here are some advantages:

• The data is stored locally or in an on-premises cloud that is vendor-agnostic
• We can use a federated architecture to grant the right ownership of the intellectual property
• We can plug in new applications, avoiding the limitation of a specific technology
• Reliability can be improved by configuring multiple nodes of Docker instances

Here are some disadvantages:

• Edge management is completely missing here. This includes features, such as patching, security, or certificate renewal, that are normally supported by a vendor.
• The current solution doesn’t include an MES and ERP. A vendor supports these connectors natively.
• Only one protocol, MQTT, is supported.

The first three issues can be...