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Jan 16, 2016 · Artificial Intelligence

How Alibaba’s Dual-Path Real-Time Computing Powers Search During Double 11

This article explains Alibaba’s dual‑link real‑time computing framework, detailing its micro‑ and macro‑level pipelines, key components such as Pora, iGraph and SP, online learning architectures, pointwise and pairwise ranking models, bandit‑based strategy optimization, PID‑controlled traffic balancing, and the impressive performance gains achieved during the Double 11 shopping festival.

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How Alibaba’s Dual-Path Real-Time Computing Powers Search During Double 11

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Jan 15, 2016 · Information Security

Alibaba’s Full‑Site HTTPS Deployment for E‑Commerce: Challenges, Architecture, and Performance Optimizations

The article examines Alibaba’s large‑scale rollout of full‑site HTTPS across its e‑commerce platforms, detailing the technical hurdles of performance, compatibility, and operational planning, and describing the architectural solutions and optimizations that enabled secure, high‑performance user experiences.

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Alibaba’s Full‑Site HTTPS Deployment for E‑Commerce: Challenges, Architecture, and Performance Optimizations

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Dec 29, 2015 · Databases

The Evolution and Architecture of Alibaba's Data Replication Center (DRC)

This article chronicles the development, design decisions, and technical achievements of Alibaba's Data Replication Center (DRC), a real‑time heterogeneous database synchronization platform that has become a core infrastructure for multi‑active data centers, large‑scale e‑commerce, and cloud services.

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Architect

Dec 21, 2015 · Databases

Alibaba's Massive Data Architecture: Sharding, Multi‑Data‑Center Synchronization, and Caching Strategies

The article describes how Alibaba scaled its massive data platform by horizontally sharding Oracle tables to MySQL, employing multi‑data‑center synchronization tools such as Erosa, Eromanga, and Otter, and designing multi‑level caching and proxy solutions like Cobar to ensure high availability and performance.

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Alibaba's Massive Data Architecture: Sharding, Multi‑Data‑Center Synchronization, and Caching Strategies

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Dec 18, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba's Evolution to Geo‑Distributed Multi‑Active Architecture: Design, Challenges, and Lessons

The article details Alibaba's three‑stage evolution from same‑city active‑active to two‑site three‑center disaster recovery and finally to geo‑distributed multi‑active architecture, explaining its motivations, technical challenges such as latency and data consistency, the solutions implemented, and the resulting scalability and fault‑tolerance benefits.

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Alibaba's Evolution to Geo‑Distributed Multi‑Active Architecture: Design, Challenges, and Lessons

Qunar Tech Salon

Dec 4, 2015 · Databases

Scaling Massive Data at Alibaba: From Oracle to MySQL Sharding and Distributed Solutions

The article details how Alibaba tackled explosive data growth by migrating from a single Oracle instance to a multi‑source architecture using horizontal and vertical sharding, MySQL clusters, KV stores, and proprietary tools such as Erosa, Otter, and Cobar to achieve high availability, consistency, and performance across multiple IDC sites.

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Scaling Massive Data at Alibaba: From Oracle to MySQL Sharding and Distributed Solutions

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Nov 19, 2015 · Mobile Development

How Alibaba Scaled Mobile Taobao: Architecture Lessons from the 2015 Double‑11 Surge

This article details Alibaba's mobile infrastructure evolution that powered a record‑breaking 2015 Double‑11 sale, covering client container design, network pipeline challenges, dynamic rendering, cross‑platform solutions like Weex, and the open‑source plans that enable massive scalability.

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How Alibaba Scaled Mobile Taobao: Architecture Lessons from the 2015 Double‑11 Surge

Qunar Tech Salon

Nov 9, 2015 · Mobile Development

Technical Evolution and Architecture of Mobile Taobao (Alibaba's Super App)

The article chronicles the evolution of Alibaba’s Mobile Taobao super‑app, detailing its growth from a simple WebView tool to a complex, component‑based mobile platform, and discusses the architectural, deployment, fragmentation, and quality challenges faced in building a large‑scale mobile ecosystem.

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Technical Evolution and Architecture of Mobile Taobao (Alibaba's Super App)

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Sep 25, 2015 · R&D Management

The Legend of Alibaba’s Solo Engineer: How ‘Duo Long’ Built Core Systems Alone

A former Alibaba insider recounts how the enigmatic engineer known as ‘Duo Long’—a non‑technical graduate turned P11 senior leader—single‑handedly designed and maintained critical systems like TFS, Tair, cache, and search, embodying relentless focus, self‑learning, and a true craftsman spirit.

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The Legend of Alibaba’s Solo Engineer: How ‘Duo Long’ Built Core Systems Alone

Architect

Aug 6, 2015 · Backend Development

Design and Optimization of Alibaba's Notify and MetaQ Distributed Message Middleware

The article explains how Alibaba's Notify and MetaQ middleware achieve high‑performance, reliable distributed messaging and final consistency for massive e‑commerce transactions, detailing their architecture, design principles, scalability, fault‑tolerance, and the specific optimizations applied for the Double‑11 shopping festival.

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Design and Optimization of Alibaba's Notify and MetaQ Distributed Message Middleware

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Jul 3, 2015 · Operations

What Is a Leap Second and How Alibaba Ensures Its Smooth Implementation

The article explains the concept of a leap second, its scheduling by the IERS, the operational impact on large IT systems, and details Alibaba's technical strategy—including testing, time‑distribution methods, and team coordination—to guarantee a seamless transition during the 2015 positive leap second.

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What Is a Leap Second and How Alibaba Ensures Its Smooth Implementation

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Jun 19, 2015 · Operations

Alibaba’s Perspective on Software‑Defined Networking (SDN) and Its Deployment in Data Centers

In an interview at the DCD Shanghai conference, Alibaba’s network planning expert Cao Jie explains how the company views Software‑Defined Networking, its benefits for operational efficiency and flexibility, and its roadmap for deploying SDN across Alibaba’s data‑center infrastructure to support cloud computing and e‑commerce workloads.

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Alibaba’s Perspective on Software‑Defined Networking (SDN) and Its Deployment in Data Centers

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Apr 23, 2015 · Operations

Interview with Zhao Haiping on Asynchronous Processing and Performance Optimization in Distributed Systems

In this interview, Zhao Haiping discusses his work on HipHop at Facebook, the challenges of scaling Alibaba's infrastructure, the importance of profiling and monitoring, and offers advice to Chinese developers on communication, language skills, and tackling large‑scale system performance problems.

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Interview with Zhao Haiping on Asynchronous Processing and Performance Optimization in Distributed Systems

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Apr 20, 2015 · Operations

Alibaba’s Multi‑Active Data Center Architecture: Design, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

In this interview, Alibaba’s Lin Hao (aka Bi Xuan) explains the motivations, deployment details, technical challenges such as latency, routing consistency, and data consistency, and the solutions behind the company’s multi‑active disaster‑recovery data‑center architecture that powers its massive e‑commerce platform.

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Alibaba’s Multi‑Active Data Center Architecture: Design, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Qunar Tech Salon

Apr 13, 2015 · Operations

Alibaba's Multi‑Active Data Center Architecture: Design, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

This interview with Alibaba's Lin Hao (aka Bi Xuan) explains why the company pursued a multi‑active, geographically distributed data‑center architecture, how it was deployed for the 2014 Double‑11 event, and the technical challenges—including latency, routing consistency, and data synchronization—that had to be solved to achieve high availability and low‑cost disaster recovery.

AlibabaData CenterDisaster Recovery

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