{"id":54228,"date":"2019-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/blog_prohoster\/gde-i-kak-primenyayutsya-granichnye-servery"},"modified":"2020-02-18T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:02:13","slug":"gde-i-kak-primenyayutsya-granichnye-servery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/administrirovanie\/gde-i-kak-primenyayutsya-granichnye-servery","title":{"rendered":"Where and how are edge servers applied","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhen developing a network infrastructure, one typically considers either local computing or cloud solutions. However, these two options and their combinations are often insufficient. For instance, what should one do if abandoning cloud computing is not an option, but bandwidth is lacking or traffic costs are too high?<\/p>\n

Introduce an intermediary that performs part of the computations at the edge of a local network or production process. This peripheral concept is known as Edge Computing. It complements the current cloud data usage model, and in this article, we will explore the necessary equipment and examples of tasks for it.
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Levels of edge computing<\/h2>\n

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\nLet's say you have a bunch of sensors set up at home: a thermometer, hygrometer, light sensor, leak detector, and more. A logic controller processes the incoming information from these devices, implements automation scenarios, sends processed telemetry to the cloud service, and receives updated automation scenarios and new firmware from it. Thus, local computing is performed directly at the site while the equipment is controlled from a node that consolidates many such devices.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is an example of a very simple edge computing system, but it already demonstrates all three levels of edge computing:<\/p>\n