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Edge Computing Patterns for Solution Architects

You're reading from   Edge Computing Patterns for Solution Architects Learn methods and principles of resilient distributed application architectures from hybrid cloud to far edge

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805124061
Length 214 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ashok Iyengar Ashok Iyengar
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Joseph Pearson Joseph Pearson
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Overview of Edge Computing as a Problem Space FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Our View of Edge Computing 3. Chapter 2: Edge Architectural Components 4. Part 2: Solution Architecture Archetypes in Context
5. Chapter 3: Core Edge Architecture 6. Chapter 4: Network Edge Architecture 7. Chapter 5: End-to-End Edge Architecture 8. Part 3: Related Considerations and Concluding Thoughts
9. Chapter 6: Data Has Weight and Inertia 10. Chapter 7: Automate to Achieve Scale 11. Chapter 8: Monitoring and Observability 12. Chapter 9: Connect Judiciously but Thoughtlessly 13. Chapter 10: Open Source Software Can Benefit You 14. Chapter 11: Recommendations and Best Practices 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Declarative versus imperative configuration

In this section, you will learn about approaches to, and tools for, configuring your edge-connected networks that will increase deployment velocity while removing barriers and bottlenecks. We will give an example from the emerging field of application-centric, or application-directed, networking. By the end, you will be able to explain the benefits of this paradigm and consider when to use it for your distributed edge application architectures.

Comparing the two approaches

Cloud Foundry and other platforms introduced, and Kubernetes popularized, the idea of marrying declarative configurations describing the desired outcome state to the concept of eventual consistency, thus bringing a system gradually into alignment from the current state toward the eventual goals. The declarative paradigm is a way of stating (with configuration files or a higher-order language) the outcome that you would like to achieve without needing to specify how...

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