Cloud and Edge Computing Architectures: A Survey

Cloud and Edge computing have transformed the digital landscape, each presenting distinct architectural features. As computing paradigms rapidly evolve, it has become crucial to comprehend their specific architectures. This paper conducts a survey focusing on the architectural dimensions and layers in both Cloud and Edge computing. It comprehensively explores key characteristics, main objectives, underlying concepts, advantages, and performance aspects to bridge the gap between these significant computing paradigms. Furthermore, the research affords insights into diverse architectural models within both the Cloud and Edge computing domains, leading to a comparative analysis. In conclusion, this paper highlights the key points and summarizes the study.