FIELD REPORT 2026 · §4

Edge vs Cloud benchmark

Quantitative comparison of the two paths under steady-state and failure conditions

IN DEVELOPMENT FILED · 2026-05-07 TAGS · BENCHMARK · EDGE-VS-CLOUD · RESULTS
ABSTRACT
ON FILE DRAFT · 2026-05-07

Results of the paired-measurement protocol from §3 applied across one full measurement window. Steady-state numbers + failure-condition divergence. Skeleton — measurements not yet locked; final results by 2026-08.

§4.1 · Measurement windows

Three windows analysed, each ≥ 14 days of continuous operation:

WindowPeriodConditions
W1TBDSteady-state (no induced failures)
W2TBDOne scheduled WAN partition (≤ 30 min)
W3TBDOne simulated hub power loss (UPS-only)

DRAFT — window dates land once §3.5 calibration is signed off.

§4.2 · Latency

DRAFT — eCDFs pending. Hypothesis (§3.2 H₀): no meaningful tail divergence under steady state.

§4.3 · Energy

DRAFT — calibration is the open item; need to validate that the AWS coefficient is applicable to one operator at this scale.

§4.4 · Monetary cost

Per-month, normalised to 1 sensor node:

Free-tier conditions documented; over-tier excluded from the steady-state analysis (per §3.5).

DRAFT — pricing snapshots taken at window end; reproducible from the dataset.

§4.5 · Data integrity

The methodology decision in §3.6 means gaps are recorded as gaps, not hidden behind interpolation. Both paths treat gaps the same way; the benchmark is symmetric.

DRAFT — INC-001 (the 4-day gap) is in the dataset; W1/W2/W3 windows are chosen to exclude it (separately analysed in §5).

§4.6 · Steady-state results

[One table per variable. Both paths’ median + tail values + Wilcoxon signed-rank p (or appropriate non-parametric test) for paired samples.]

DRAFT — results table layout locked; values populate by 2026-08.

§4.7 · Failure-condition results

[W2 and W3 results. Where do paths diverge? By how much? Operationally, which is more recoverable?]

DRAFT — populated after W2 / W3 windows complete.


Status: structural draft v0.1, 2026-05-07. Citation: https://plantir.garden/thesis/2026/benchmark is locked per ADR-011. Related ADRs: docs/adr/010-public-sensor-data-policy.md.

RELATED DECISIONS
NOMINAL DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
  • ADR-010 — see docs/adr/ in source repo