Edge components
There are four major roles for the edge components in an enterprise’s edge computing architecture: edge devices, the edge gateway, or server in the enterprise edge (part of the user edge’s field deployed compute), the micro data center in the Service Provider Edge’s Regional Compute, and the enterprise cloud. The edge server not only acts as a gateway to connect all edge devices in a secure manner but also allows for the management of all those devices. See Figure 2.1:
Figure 2.1 – Common representation of the edges in edge computing
The enterprise cloud is shown on the far right. This could be a public, private, or hybrid cloud, which is the domain of hyperscalers. To the left of it is the realm of regional compute, where the telcos or communications service providers (CSPs) operate. Next to it is the user edge (in this case, the user could be an enterprise) where the edge clusters and gateways are deployed...
