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Tactic: Always on

Tactic sort: Dark Tactic

Type: Unsustainable Pattern

Category: edge-computing

Tags:

Title

Always on

Description

Edge devices are by default considered as being always on even when they do nothing. This causes energy waste, but enables real-time services (like in-hospital patient monitoring or cloud gaming) anytime, or at least when needed.

Participant

edge-provider

Related artifact

Infrastructure

Context

Normal operation

Feature

Switching off devices

Tactic intent

Consuming energy to enable real-time services all the time

Intent measure

Uptime of a service (availability) and energy use

Countermeasure

Cloud computing faced a similar problem in the past; countermeasures for the edge may build upon those created for the cloud.

Source

*The Dark Side of Cloud and Edge Computing* by Klervie Toczé, Maël Madon, Muriel Garcia and Patricia Lago (DOI: https://doi.org/10.21428/bf6fb269.9422c084)