Multi-Edge full with Multi-Cloud solution

The multi-edge full with multi-cloud configuration is ideal for OEMs with a large, distributed installation base across multiple facilities, supporting high-frequency data acquisition.

Individual Edges, one per machine, contain the microservices dedicated to data acquisition, processing, storage, authentication, and both the front-end and back-end of the local application. Data is also synchronized to the cloud to be displayed in the cloud counterpart of the application.

There are two cloud layers:

The customer-owned cloud layer, where authentication services and data storage as SAS services are present. The specifics of these services depend on the cloud provider chosen by the customer.
The 40Factory-owned cloud layer, where the Back-end and Front-end microservices of the application are present, periodically updated by 40Factory.

This system is efficient in terms of data sampling speed and resilient to potential network issues or internet outages. It offers the advantage of an application that is always accessible from anywhere and a locally accessible application. In terms of single edge, more computational resources are required compared to the "Multi Edge with Multi Cloud" solution.

During the installation phase, MAT Control Center is used for the configuration installation on the individual Edges. Installation can be automated via an internet connection by leveraging the Portainer service, installed as a Docker service on the edges (agent) that communicate with the Portainer instance of 40Factory in the Cloud for installation and updates.