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Marcham Alex |
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Understanding infrastructure edge computing : concepts, technologies, and considerations / / Alex Marcham |
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Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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1-119-76324-X |
1-119-76325-8 |
1-119-76326-6 |
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1 online resource (354 pages) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 What Is Edge Computing? -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Defining the Terminology -- 2.3 Where Is the Edge? -- 2.3.1 A Tale of Many Edges -- 2.3.2 Infrastructure Edge -- 2.3.3 Device Edge -- 2.4 A Brief History -- 2.4.1 Third Act of the Internet -- 2.4.2 Network Regionalisation -- 2.4.3 CDNs and Early Examples -- 2.5 Why Edge Computing? -- 2.5.1 Latency -- 2.5.2 Data Gravity -- 2.5.3 Data Velocity -- 2.5.4 Transport Cost -- 2.5.5 Locality -- 2.6 Basic Edge Computing Operation -- 2.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 Introduction to Network Technology -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Structure of the Internet -- 3.2.1 1970s -- 3.2.2 1990s -- 3.2.3 2010s -- 3.2.4 2020s -- 3.2.5 Change over Time -- 3.3 The OSI Model -- 3.3.1 Layer 1 -- 3.3.2 Layer 2 -- 3.3.3 Layer 3 -- 3.3.4 Layer 4 -- 3.3.5 Layers 5, 6, and 7 -- 3.4 Ethernet -- 3.5 IPv4 and IPv6 -- 3.6 Routing and Switching -- 3.6.1 Routing -- 3.6.2 Routing Protocols -- 3.6.3 Routing Process -- 3.7 LAN, MAN, and WAN -- 3.8 Interconnection and Exchange -- 3.9 Fronthaul, Backhaul, and Midhaul -- 3.10 Last Mile or Access Networks -- 3.11 Network Transport and Transit -- 3.12 Serve Transit Fail (STF) Metric -- 3.13 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4 Introduction to Data Centre Technology -- 4.1 Overview -- |
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4.2 Physical Size and Design -- 4.3 Cooling and Power Efficiency -- 4.4 Airflow Design -- 4.5 Power Distribution -- 4.6 Redundancy and Resiliency -- 4.7 Environmental Control -- 4.8 Data Centre Network Design -- 4.9 Information Technology (IT) Equipment Capacity -- 4.10 Data Centre Operation -- 4.10.1 Notification -- 4.10.2 Security -- 4.10.3 Equipment Deployment -- 4.10.4 Service Offerings -- 4.10.5 Managed Colocation -- 4.11 Data Centre Deployment -- 4.11.1 Deployment Costing. |
4.11.2 Brownfield and Greenfield Sites -- 4.11.3 Other Factors -- 4.12 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5 Infrastructure Edge Computing Networks -- 5.1 Overview -- 5.2 Network Connectivity and Coverage Area -- 5.3 Network Topology -- 5.3.1 Full Mesh -- 5.3.2 Partial Mesh -- 5.3.3 Hub and Spoke -- 5.3.4 Ring -- 5.3.5 Tree -- 5.3.6 Optimal Topology -- 5.3.7 Inter-area Connectivity -- 5.4 Transmission Medium -- 5.4.1 Fibre -- 5.4.2 Copper -- 5.4.3 Wireless -- 5.5 Scaling and Tiered Network Architecture -- 5.6 Other Considerations -- 5.7 Summary -- Chapter 6 Infrastructure Edge Data Centres -- 6.1 Overview -- 6.2 Physical Size and Design -- 6.2.1 Defining an Infrastructure Edge Data Centre -- 6.2.2 Size Categories -- 6.3 Heating and Cooling -- 6.4 Airflow Design -- 6.4.1 Traditional Designs -- 6.4.2 Non-traditional Designs -- 6.5 Power Distribution -- 6.6 Redundancy and Resiliency -- 6.6.1 Electrical Power Delivery and Generation -- 6.6.2 Network Connectivity -- 6.6.3 Cooling Systems -- 6.6.4 Market Design -- 6.6.5 Redundancy Certification -- 6.6.6 Software Service Resiliency -- 6.6.7 Physical Redundancy -- 6.6.8 System Resiliency Example -- 6.7 Environmental Control -- 6.8 Data Centre Network Design -- 6.9 Information Technology (IT) Equipment Capacity -- 6.9.1 Operational Headroom -- 6.10 Data Centre Operation -- 6.10.1 Site Automation -- 6.10.2 Single or Multi-tenant -- 6.10.3 Neutral Host -- 6.10.4 Network Operations Centre (NOC) -- 6.11 Brownfield and Greenfield Sites -- 6.12 Summary -- Chapter 7 Interconnection and Edge Exchange -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 Access or Last Mile Network Interconnection -- 7.3 Backhaul and Midhaul Network Interconnection -- 7.4 Internet Exchange -- 7.5 Edge Exchange -- 7.6 Interconnection Network Technology -- 7.6.1 5G Networks -- 7.6.2 4G Networks -- 7.6.3 Cable Networks -- 7.6.4 Fibre Networks -- 7.6.5 Other Networks. |
7.6.6 Meet Me Room (MMR) -- 7.6.7 Cross Connection -- 7.6.8 Virtual Cross Connection -- 7.6.9 Interconnection as a Resource -- 7.7 Peering -- 7.8 Cloud On-ramps -- 7.9 Beneficial Impact -- 7.9.1 Latency -- 7.9.2 Data Transport Cost -- 7.9.3 Platform Benefit -- 7.10 Alternatives to Interconnection -- 7.11 Business Arrangements -- 7.12 Summary -- Chapter 8 Infrastructure Edge Computing Deployment -- 8.1 Overview -- 8.2 Physical Facilities -- 8.3 Site Locations -- 8.3.1 kW per kM2 -- 8.3.2 Customer Facility Selection -- 8.3.3 Site Characteristics -- 8.4 Coverage Areas -- 8.5 Points of Interest -- 8.6 Codes and Regulations -- 8.7 Summary -- Chapter 9 Computing Systems at the Infrastructure Edge -- 9.1 Overview -- 9.2 What Is Suitable? -- 9.3 Equipment Hardening -- 9.4 Rack Densification -- 9.4.1 Heterogenous Servers -- 9.4.2 Processor Densification -- 9.4.3 Supporting Equipment -- 9.5 Parallel Accelerators -- 9.5.1 Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) -- 9.5.2 Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) -- 9.5.3 Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) -- 9.5.4 Smart Network Interface Cards (NICs) -- 9.5.5 Cryptographic Accelerators -- 9.5.6 Other Accelerators -- 9.5.7 FPGA, TPU, or GPU? -- 9.6 Ideal Infrastructure -- 9.6.1 Network Compute Utilisation -- 9.7 Adapting Legacy Infrastructure -- 9.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 10 Multi-tier Device, Data Centre, and Network Resources -- 10.1 |
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Overview -- 10.2 Multi-tier Resources -- 10.3 Multi-tier Applications -- 10.4 Core to Edge Applications -- 10.5 Edge to Core Applications -- 10.6 Infrastructure Edge and Device Edge Interoperation -- 10.7 Summary -- Chapter 11 Distributed Application Workload Operation -- 11.1 Overview -- 11.2 Microservices -- 11.3 Redundancy and Resiliency -- 11.4 Multi-site Operation -- 11.5 Workload Orchestration -- 11.5.1 Processing Requirements -- 11.5.2 Data Storage Requirements. |
11.5.3 Network Performance Requirements -- 11.5.4 Application Workload Cost Profile -- 11.5.5 Redundancy and Resiliency Requirements -- 11.5.6 Resource Marketplaces -- 11.5.7 Workload Requirement Declaration -- 11.6 Infrastructure Visibility -- 11.7 Summary -- Chapter 12 Infrastructure and Application Security -- 12.1 Overview -- 12.2 Threat Modelling -- 12.3 Physical Security -- 12.4 Logical Security -- 12.5 Common Security Issues -- 12.5.1 Staff -- 12.5.2 Visitors -- 12.5.3 Network Attacks -- 12.6 Application Security -- 12.7 Security Policy -- 12.8 Summary -- Chapter 13 Related Technologies -- 13.1 Overview -- 13.2 Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) -- 13.3 Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) -- 13.4 Fog and Mist Computing -- 13.5 Summary -- Reference -- Chapter 14 Use Case Example: 5G -- 14.1 Overview -- 14.2 What Is 5G? -- 14.2.1 5G New Radio (NR) -- 14.2.2 5G Core Network (CN) -- 14.3 5G at the Infrastructure Edge -- 14.3.1 Benefits -- 14.3.2 Architecture -- 14.3.3 Considerations -- 14.4 Summary -- Chapter 15 Use Case Example: Distributed AI -- 15.1 Overview -- 15.2 What Is AI? -- 15.2.1 Machine Learning (ML) -- 15.2.2 Deep Learning (DL) -- 15.3 AI at the Infrastructure Edge -- 15.3.1 Benefits -- 15.3.2 Architecture -- 15.3.3 Considerations -- 15.4 Summary -- Chapter 16 Use Case Example: Cyber-physical Systems -- 16.1 Overview -- 16.2 What Are Cyber-physical Systems? -- 16.2.1 Autonomous Vehicles -- 16.2.2 Drones -- 16.2.3 Robotics -- 16.2.4 Other Use Cases -- 16.3 Cyber-physical Systems at the Infrastructure Edge -- 16.3.1 Benefits -- 16.3.2 Architecture -- 16.3.3 Considerations -- 16.4 Summary -- Reference -- Chapter 17 Use Case Example: Public or Private Cloud -- 17.1 Overview -- 17.2 What Is Cloud Computing? -- 17.2.1 Public Clouds -- 17.2.2 Private Clouds -- 17.2.3 Hybrid Clouds -- 17.2.4 Edge Cloud. |
17.3 Cloud Computing at the Infrastructure Edge -- 17.3.1 Benefits -- 17.3.2 Architecture -- 17.3.3 Considerations -- 17.4 Summary -- Chapter 18 Other Infrastructure Edge Computing Use Cases -- 18.1 Overview -- 18.2 Near Premises Services -- 18.3 Video Surveillance -- 18.4 SD-WAN -- 18.5 Security Services -- 18.6 Video Conferencing -- 18.7 Content Delivery -- 18.8 Other Use Cases -- 18.9 Summary -- Chapter 19 End to End: An Infrastructure Edge Project Example -- 19.1 Overview -- 19.2 Defining Requirements -- 19.2.1 Deciding on a Use Case -- 19.2.2 Determining Deployment Locations -- 19.2.3 Identifying Required Equipment -- 19.2.4 Choosing an Infrastructure Edge Computing Network Operator -- 19.2.5 Regional or National Data Centres -- 19.3 Success Criteria -- 19.4 Comparing Costs -- 19.5 Alternative Options -- 19.6 Initial Deployment -- 19.7 Ongoing Operation -- 19.7.1 SLA Breaches -- 19.8 Project Conclusion -- 19.9 Summary -- Chapter 20 The Future of Infrastructure Edge Computing -- 20.1 Overview -- 20.2 Today and Tomorrow -- 20.3 The Next Five Years -- 20.4 The Next 10 Years -- 20.5 Summary -- Chapter 21 Conclusion -- Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Index -- EULA. |
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