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Architecture Digest

Dec 17, 2019 · Databases

Scaling Dada's Delivery Platform: From Simple Architecture to Read/Write Separation, Vertical and Horizontal Sharding

This article chronicles Dada's rapid growth from a single‑database backend to a multi‑layer architecture that employs MySQL read/write separation, vertical partitioning, and horizontal sharding with a custom ID generator to sustain millions of daily orders while maintaining performance and stability.