Navigating the Dynamic Heterogeneous Computing Sphere: The Role of EdgeHarbor as a Multi-edge Orchestrator

Navigating the Dynamic Heterogeneous Computing Sphere: The Role of EdgeHarbor as a Multi-edge Orchestrator

연구 분야: Software Development

학회: European Conference on Parallel Processing

The term “Dynamic Heterogeneous Computing Sphere” is employed to delineate a computing paradigm that is heterogeneous, volatile, and highly dynamic. This is the consequence of the incorporation of a substantial number of compute, storage, network, etc. resources, which are distributed across a spectrum that encompasses both infrastructure (physical and virtual) and data. These resources are distributed across a range of locations, from the extreme IoT to the edge (far and near) and to the cloud. To deploy and execute a set of innovative vertical applications that are heterogeneous, it is necessary to consider the deployment of a suitable computing paradigm. The envisaged system requires the capacity for both resources and services to be elastic, that is, capable of being continuously shaped and moulded to support the specific needs of highly demanding applications, both in terms of allocation and runtime. Moreover, software modules, which comprise vertical applications, should be partitioned intelligently into virtual elements (i.e., containers) to optimise their placement and subsequent execution. This can be achieved by considering aspects such as performance and eco-efficiency aspects. The necessity for ad hoc resource and service shaping is growing in accordance with the prevailing tendencies towards the softwareisation of systems management. This has been further driven by the concept of disaggregation and the advent of new ultra-real-time services with high performance demands (X-AR, holo, metaverse, etc.). This paper introduces the EdgeHarbor orchestrator service, an open-source, multi-edge management system for a dynamic heterogeneous computing sphere. The work has been supported by the European Union's Horizon research and innovation programme under grant agreement ICOS (www.icos-project.eu), grant number 101070177.