partitioning
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🌱 When edge nodes grow up
Yesterday we discussed how to partition functionality in hierarchical distributed systems. In the past, it was difficult to do much at the edge nodes because they could not do much. Resources were limited. It was difficult to update softwar…
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🔠 How do you partition systems?
In modern networked systems, there is often the debate how to partition the system. Below is one example where you have three levels: cloud, gateway, and IO (input/output) nodes. All of these devices have a processor and can run software a…