A university campus deploys 120 room temperature sensors (reporting every 5 minutes), 20 lecture hall CO₂ sensors (reporting every 2 minutes), and 8 building electricity meters (reporting every minute). The CO₂ sensors trigger ventilation alerts when readings exceed 1,000 parts per million, and the alert must reach the facilities team within 5 minutes. The campus has reliable Wi-Fi but occasionally experiences brief internet outages lasting 10 to 20 minutes. Which architecture decision best addresses both the alert requirement and the connectivity risk?

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Process CO₂ threshold checks at a local edge server that can issue alerts independently of internet connectivity, while sending all other sensor data to the cloud for storage and trend analysis

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Store all sensor data locally on the edge server permanently and eliminate cloud connectivity entirely

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Reduce the CO₂ reporting interval to every 15 minutes so that less data is affected during an internet outage

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Send all sensor data directly to the cloud and rely on the cloud to check CO₂ thresholds, because Wi-Fi is generally reliable

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