Your computer or mine? Tactics for service deployment
In this section, we review different scenarios where more than one application or service can be deployed and running concurrently. We will give an example of each and discuss the purpose of that approach. By the end, you should recognize when each tactic is required.
Edge computing doesn’t require dedicated resources
In Sharpening the Edge, the author refers to edge computing as primarily using your own systems, while cloud computing involves sharing systems and infrastructure with others. This simplification is largely correct at the macro scale, although edge computing can also involve sharing: by running multiple applications on a single device at the same time for multiple users, or sequentially at regularly scheduled intervals (day versus night, weekdays versus weekends, business open versus business closed). In the case of CSP-hosted edge infrastructure, it could even include hosting applications from multiple...