Formal Algebraic Model of an Edge Data Center with a Redundant Ring Topology

Abstract

Data center organization and optimization presents the opportunity to try and design systems with specific characteristics. In this sense, the combination of artificial intelligence methodology and sustainability may lead to achieve optimal topologies with enhanced feature, whilst taking care of the environment by lowering carbon emissions. In this paper, a model for a field monitoring system has been proposed, where an edge data center topology in the form of a redundant ring has been designed for redundancy purposes to join together nodes spread apart. Additionally, a formal algebraic model of such a design has been exposed and verified.

Study on Data Center Network Topologies for Monitoring Data using Edge/Fog Computing

“…In this context, it is to be taken into account the restricted number of end users due to the local scope associated to edge/fog environments, which implies a limited number of server nodes to deal with all those end users. This way, the network topologies linking together those nodes do not need to be overly complicated, but just simple topologies providing redundant paths and fast connections among nodes [71]. Some of the most commonly used network architectures for data centers are going to be studied herein in order to compare its performance between any given pair of nodes, taking a number of around 16 to 32 nodes as a tradeoff between larger and smaller data centers.…”