KTWIN: A Serverless Kubernetes-based Digital Twin Platform

TL;DR

KTWIN is a Kubernetes-based serverless platform that simplifies the deployment of Digital Twins, enabling scalable models with significant cost savings and ease of configuration across cloud and edge environments.

Contribution

It introduces KTWIN, a novel serverless platform leveraging open-source cloud-native tools for efficient Digital Twin modeling and deployment.

Findings

KTWIN provides a higher level of abstraction for Digital Twin deployment.

The platform achieves cost savings of 60% to 80%.

KTWIN maintains scalability while simplifying deployment.

Abstract

Digital Twins (DTs) systems are virtual representations of physical assets allowing organizations to gain insights and improve existing processes. In practice, DTs require proper modeling, coherent development and seamless deployment along cloud and edge landscapes relying on established patterns to reduce operational costs. In this work, we propose KTWIN a Kubernetes-based Serverless Platform for Digital Twins. KTWIN was developed using the state-of-the-art open-source Cloud Native tools, allowing DT operators to easily define models through open standards and configure details of the underlying services and infrastructure. The experiments carried out with the developed prototype show that KTWIN can provide a higher level of abstraction to model and deploy a Digital Twin use case without compromising the solution scalability. The tests performed also show cost savings ranging between 60% and 80% compared to overprovisioned scenarios.