Love the idea to have clearer terminology. Suggest we let telco folks to suggest terminology to use. This is not a 3 level hierarchy but much more. There are several layers of aggregation from local to metro, to regional, to DC. And potential multiple layers in each.
-----Original Message----- From: Dmitry Tantsur <dtant...@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 9:23 AM To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions); openstack-s...@lists.openstack.org Subject: [Openstack-sigs] [FEMDC] [Edge] [tripleo] On the use of terms "Edge" and "Far Edge" [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Please report any suspicious attachments, links, or requests for sensitive information. Hi all, Sorry for chiming in really late in this topic, but I think $subj is worth discussing until we settle harder on the potentially confusing terminology. I think the difference between "Edge" and "Far Edge" is too vague to use these terms in practice. Think about the "edge" metaphor itself: something rarely has several layers of edges. A knife has an edge, there are no far edges. I imagine zooming in and seeing more edges at the edge, and then it's quite cool indeed, but is it really a useful metaphor for those who never used a strong microscope? :) I think in the trivial sense "Far Edge" is a tautology, and should be avoided. As a weak proof of my words, I already see a lot of smart people confusing these two and actually use Central/Edge where they mean Edge/Far Edge. I suggest we adopt a different terminology, even if it less consistent with typical marketing term around the "Edge" movement. Now, I don't have really great suggestions. Something that came up in TripleO discussions [1] is Core/Hub/Edge, which I think reflects the idea better. I'd be very interested to hear your ideas. Dmitry [1] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/tripleo-edge-mvp _______________________________________________ openstack-sigs mailing list openstack-s...@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-sigs __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
