Why Edge Storage Needs Policy-Driven Data Placement

Traditional distributed storage systems ignore edge-specific constraintsβ€”like data sovereignty, hardware proximity, and privacy. CATER changes that, using integer linear programming and heuristics to place data optimally. Tested on Apache Ozone, it cuts active nodes by 23% while meeting all constraints.

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🌟 Full paper in:  https://zenodo.org/records/11128962