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This article explains the fundamentals of Serverless computing, compares FaaS and BaaS offerings, examines the limitations of cloud functions, and details how Tencent CloudBase leverages Knative to deliver Serverless cloud applications, covering serving, building, ecosystem integration, and the emerging CaaS model.
The article explains how the Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) protocol, combined with Tencent Video Cloud’s optimized infrastructure, overcame latency and packet‑loss challenges to deliver stable, high‑quality live streams for the 2020 LPL Mid‑Season Cup and other large‑scale events, and describes its broader applications through MediaConnect.
This article details Tencent's large‑scale Elasticsearch deployment, covering its massive usage scenarios, the availability, performance, cost and scalability challenges faced, and the comprehensive kernel‑level optimizations—including memory‑based throttling, storage‑model merging, off‑heap caching, rollup and metadata improvements—that enable PB‑level clusters with high reliability and low expense.
This article explains how Tencent Cloud’s Serverless Cloud Function (SCF) leverages Cloud Disk Snapshot technology to achieve the concurrent creation of 6000 virtual machines within a minute, detailing the snapshot‑based creation method, system architecture, performance challenges, and the engineering solutions that dramatically improve latency and bandwidth usage.
Tencent’s cloud native development platform enables mini‑programs like WeChat Reading and Maoyan Movie to handle tens of millions of daily users and billions of requests by leveraging serverless architecture, multi‑cluster deployment, automatic scaling, and extensive performance optimizations across data pipelines and underlying resources.
This article examines the challenges of hard‑disk reliability in large‑scale big‑data services, explains how Tencent Cloud reduces failure rates through hardware and software optimizations, custom collaborations, pre‑deployment health checks, scoring systems, and usage‑pattern improvements, and reveals the comprehensive strategies that keep data storage stable and performant.
This article explains how Tencent Meeting leveraged Tencent Cloud’s Kubernetes Engine (TKE) and a suite of cloud‑native extensions—dynamic routing, fixed networking, parallel scaling, and controlled batch upgrades—to achieve rapid, reliable version iteration and massive capacity growth during the COVID‑19 surge.
Leveraging Tencent Cloud Elasticsearch, the nationwide COVID‑19 health code platform handled over 1.6 billion scans for more than 900 million users, achieving millisecond‑level search, seamless horizontal scaling, multi‑zone high availability, and robust security, while simplifying development through RESTful APIs and rich UI tools.
Within a week, the 'Fight Epidemic' quiz mini‑game grew 60‑fold in users, leveraging Tencent Cloud’s MGOBE matchmaking engine, CloudBase serverless backend, and AME music service to deliver real‑time multiplayer, data storage, and licensed audio, illustrating rapid, scalable game development during a health crisis.
This article explains why data security is vital for businesses, outlines common technical, process and human threats, and provides actionable cloud‑based measures—including backup strategies, snapshot usage, permission management, data classification, and encryption—to protect enterprise data throughout its lifecycle.
