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Meitu Technology
Meitu Technology
Jul 27, 2017 · Backend Development

Meitu Internet Technology Salon: Live Streaming Technology Architecture and Practices

At Meitu’s fifth Internet Technology Salon in Xiamen, senior engineers from Meitu and Hulu detailed the company’s self‑built cloud live‑streaming stack, multi‑center optimization, DASH‑based high‑definition delivery, and the evolution of Meipai’s bullet‑screen architecture that now supports near‑million concurrent users, highlighting performance gains, cost control, and future intelligent dispatch strategies.

CDNDASHarchitecture
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Meitu Internet Technology Salon: Live Streaming Technology Architecture and Practices
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Jun 14, 2017 · Backend Development

Techniques for Achieving High Concurrency: Optimistic Lock, Read‑Write Splitting, CDN, Caching, and Load Balancing

The article explains how high‑concurrency systems can be built by decomposing workloads through optimistic locking, read‑write database splitting, resource separation with CDN acceleration, dynamic‑to‑static conversion, caching, and load‑balancing strategies, providing practical code examples for each technique.

CDNLoad Balancingbackend
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Techniques for Achieving High Concurrency: Optimistic Lock, Read‑Write Splitting, CDN, Caching, and Load Balancing
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 3, 2017 · Operations

How Tencent Scales NBA Live Streams to Millions: Behind the Tech and Operations

This article details Tencent's large‑scale live streaming architecture for NBA games, covering the rapid growth of live video, key technical features, network transmission challenges, multi‑angle production, CDN deployment, monitoring, big‑data processing, and strategies for ensuring low latency and high reliability for millions of concurrent viewers.

Big DataCDNMonitoring
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How Tencent Scales NBA Live Streams to Millions: Behind the Tech and Operations
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Apr 18, 2017 · Information Security

Mastering CDN HTTPS: Architecture, Optimization, and Best Practices

This article explains how modern websites rely on HTTPS and CDN, details SSL/TLS and HTTP/2 fundamentals, describes Alibaba Cloud's CDN HTTPS architecture, dynamic certificate management, key‑server solutions, optimization techniques, and practical guidance for deploying HTTPS end‑to‑end.

CDNHTTP/2HTTPS
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Mastering CDN HTTPS: Architecture, Optimization, and Best Practices
21CTO
21CTO
Feb 26, 2017 · Operations

How YouTube Handles 500M Daily Video Plays: Inside Its Scalable Architecture

This article dissects YouTube's massive infrastructure, detailing the basic platform, web and video services, thumbnail handling, database evolution, CDN usage, and data‑center strategies that enable over half a billion daily video clicks with a surprisingly small engineering team.

CDNDatabaseYouTube
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How YouTube Handles 500M Daily Video Plays: Inside Its Scalable Architecture
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Feb 4, 2017 · Fundamentals

Mastering Cache Strategies: From CDN to Local Memory for High‑Performance Systems

This comprehensive guide explains cache fundamentals, covering CDN, reverse‑proxy, distributed, and local caches, their design considerations, common pitfalls like consistency, high availability, cache avalanche and penetration, and provides practical architecture examples and mitigation techniques for robust high‑traffic systems.

CDNCache Designmemcache
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Mastering Cache Strategies: From CDN to Local Memory for High‑Performance Systems
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Jan 3, 2017 · Frontend Development

14 Proven Principles to Supercharge Your Website Performance

This article distills the 14 core principles from the book "High Performance Web Sites", offering practical front‑end optimization techniques such as reducing HTTP requests, leveraging CDNs, enabling caching, using Gzip, and avoiding redirects to dramatically speed up web pages.

CDNFrontendHTTP optimization
0 likes · 9 min read
14 Proven Principles to Supercharge Your Website Performance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Nov 15, 2016 · Cloud Computing

How Personal Live Streaming Works: Key Technologies and Performance Tips

This article examines the rapid growth of personal live streaming, outlines major market players, compares cloud provider offerings, and dives into essential technologies such as RTMP variants, source‑side processing, low‑power encoding, fast startup, and methods to reduce stutter for a seamless viewer experience.

CDNVideo Encodinglive streaming
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How Personal Live Streaming Works: Key Technologies and Performance Tips
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Nov 6, 2016 · Backend Development

How Tmall Scaled Its Product Pages for Double‑11: CDN‑Driven Staticization Blueprint

This article outlines how Tmall’s product‑detail and shop browsing systems evolved through three stages—system staticization, unified web caching, and full CDN staticization—to handle the massive traffic spikes of Double‑11, detailing architectural changes, caching strategies, cache invalidation mechanisms, and performance outcomes.

CDNDouble 11Web Performance
0 likes · 17 min read
How Tmall Scaled Its Product Pages for Double‑11: CDN‑Driven Staticization Blueprint
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Nov 2, 2016 · Operations

Mastering CDN DNS: Compatibility, Speed, and Precision Optimization

This article, based on Li Meng’s 2016 Shanghai Global Operations Conference talk, examines CDN DNS deployment and optimization from a developer’s perspective, covering DNS architecture, NS clustering, BIND selection algorithms, RTT-based weighting, error penalties, and practical guidelines for achieving compatible, fast, and efficient DNS solutions.

BINDCDNDNS
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Mastering CDN DNS: Compatibility, Speed, and Precision Optimization
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Oct 11, 2016 · Frontend Development

Web Page Loading Optimization Guide

This guide details a step‑by‑step process for dramatically improving a website’s load time—from analyzing page performance and optimizing images to using CDNs, merging and minifying assets with webpack, applying code‑level tweaks, and enabling HTTP/2 and gzip—resulting in a fourfold speed increase.

CDNWeb Performancegzip
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Web Page Loading Optimization Guide
21CTO
21CTO
Oct 8, 2016 · Cloud Computing

How Taobao’s CDN Architecture Boosts Performance and Cuts Costs

This article explains the fundamentals of CDN technology, describes Taobao’s multi‑level caching and load‑balancing design, and shows how edge nodes, LVS, HAProxy, and tiered storage together improve latency, reduce server load, and lower operational costs.

CDNEdge Nodes
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How Taobao’s CDN Architecture Boosts Performance and Cuts Costs
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Jul 30, 2016 · Frontend Development

Evolution and Architecture of Taobao Home Page: From PHP to Node, Performance Optimization, Stability, and Agile Operations

This article details the evolution of Taobao's home page over a year and a half, covering its background, migration from PHP to Node, modular architecture, performance tuning, stability mechanisms, and agile operational practices that keep a billion‑scale front‑end service reliable and fast.

CDNMonitoringnodejs
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Evolution and Architecture of Taobao Home Page: From PHP to Node, Performance Optimization, Stability, and Agile Operations
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jul 23, 2016 · Backend Development

How AliExpress Boosted Orders by 5% Through Full‑Stack Performance Optimization

This article explains the theoretical basis of bounce‑rate and conversion‑rate calculations, describes a platform that visualizes and monitors full‑link performance, outlines concrete optimization techniques such as dynamic acceleration, static‑plus‑ESI, element request merging and CDN scheduling, and reports a 5.07% increase in orders after applying these measures.

AliExpressCDNFull-Stack
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How AliExpress Boosted Orders by 5% Through Full‑Stack Performance Optimization
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jun 24, 2016 · Operations

Build a Scalable, High‑Availability Web Architecture with HAProxy, MySQL Replication & CDN

Learn how to construct a robust web infrastructure by deploying HAProxy as a reverse proxy, implementing high‑availability with Keepalived, balancing loads across DNS, setting up dynamic and static servers, configuring MySQL master‑slave replication, integrating caching layers, and leveraging CDN, monitoring, and automation tools for optimal performance.

CDNHAProxyMySQL replication
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Build a Scalable, High‑Availability Web Architecture with HAProxy, MySQL Replication & CDN
21CTO
21CTO
Jun 17, 2016 · Operations

Why CDNs Struggle to Accelerate Mobile Clients – Key Insights

The article examines why traditional CDNs provide little speed benefit for mobile users, analyzes last‑mile latency on wireless networks, presents performance calculations, and discusses the operational and cost challenges of deploying edge servers closer to mobile users.

CDNContent Deliverylast mile
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Why CDNs Struggle to Accelerate Mobile Clients – Key Insights
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Jun 15, 2016 · Backend Development

Design Goals, Challenges, and Evolution of Large‑Scale Website Architecture

This article examines the objectives, technical challenges, and evolutionary steps of large‑scale website architecture, covering resource separation, caching mechanisms, high‑availability techniques, CDN and distributed storage, as well as foundational design principles such as ACID/BASE and the CAP theorem.

CDNLoad Balancingarchitecture
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Design Goals, Challenges, and Evolution of Large‑Scale Website Architecture
Java High-Performance Architecture
Java High-Performance Architecture
Jun 14, 2016 · Backend Development

How Hotjar Scaled to 500M Daily Requests: 8 Lessons for Rapid Backend Growth

This article chronicles Hotjar's evolution from a simple two‑server setup to a robust, eight‑server architecture handling billions of daily requests, sharing eight practical lessons on scaling, CDN usage, language choice, data storage, monitoring, and cost‑effective optimizations for fast‑growing web services.

CDNDatabase MigrationMonitoring
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How Hotjar Scaled to 500M Daily Requests: 8 Lessons for Rapid Backend Growth
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Jun 5, 2016 · Backend Development

How Tmall Scaled Its Product Detail Pages for Double‑11: From Staticization to CDN‑Powered Architecture

This article reviews how Tmall’s product‑detail and other browsing systems evolved from early static‑page caching to a unified web‑cache layer and finally a CDN‑based static architecture, detailing the technical challenges, design decisions, cache invalidation mechanisms, and performance gains that enabled the platform to handle the massive traffic spikes of the Double‑11 shopping festival.

CDNcachingperformance
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How Tmall Scaled Its Product Detail Pages for Double‑11: From Staticization to CDN‑Powered Architecture
21CTO
21CTO
Apr 21, 2016 · Backend Development

How Tmall Scaled Its Product Pages for Double‑11: CDN‑Driven Staticization Blueprint

During Alibaba’s Double‑11 shopping festivals, Tmall’s product‑detail and shop pages faced traffic spikes dozens of times higher than normal, prompting a multi‑stage architectural evolution—from server‑side staticization and distributed caching to a unified CDN‑based system that delivers high availability, low latency, and efficient cache invalidation.

CDNcachinge-commerce
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How Tmall Scaled Its Product Pages for Double‑11: CDN‑Driven Staticization Blueprint
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Apr 12, 2016 · Operations

From PHP Coder to DevOps Leader: Tencent CDN & Game Data Ops Insights

This article chronicles Liu Tiansi’s 13‑year journey from a PHP/Java developer to a senior operations engineer at Tencent, detailing his open‑source contributions, large‑scale CDN management, massive game data pipelines, DevOps practices, and practical lessons for building reliable, automated infrastructure.

CDNCloud ComputingDevOps
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From PHP Coder to DevOps Leader: Tencent CDN & Game Data Ops Insights
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 28, 2016 · Operations

6 CDN Tricks to Simplify Web Operations and Boost Performance

This article explains how leveraging CDN features such as redirects, A/B testing, URL rewriting, high‑concurrency user management, access control, and form input control can streamline web operations, improve reliability, and accelerate time‑to‑market for modern online businesses.

A/B testingCDNRedirect
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6 CDN Tricks to Simplify Web Operations and Boost Performance
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 14, 2016 · Operations

How PerRequest Diagnosis Transforms Mobile CDN Issue Resolution

This article presents a PerRequest‑level method for precisely locating and diagnosing image delivery problems in mobile internet scenarios, detailing the end‑to‑end CDN chain, traditional pitfalls, and a novel supply‑chain header approach that dramatically improves troubleshooting efficiency and reduces error rates.

CDNMobileDiagnosticsPerRequest
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How PerRequest Diagnosis Transforms Mobile CDN Issue Resolution
21CTO
21CTO
Mar 4, 2016 · Backend Development

Inside Taobao’s Billion-Request Engine: Load Balancing, CDN & Big Data

This article explains how Taobao scales to billions of daily page views using DNS‑based load balancing, LVS, domain sharding, CDN nodes, a distributed file system, sophisticated search processing, and massive data storage and real‑time log pipelines.

CDNLoad Balancingdistributed systems
0 likes · 9 min read
Inside Taobao’s Billion-Request Engine: Load Balancing, CDN & Big Data
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 1, 2016 · Backend Development

Build a Mini CDN with Nginx in 3 Simple Steps

This guide walks you through creating a lightweight CDN using Nginx on Ubuntu, covering installation, virtual host configuration, cache settings, and testing, while explaining core concepts like origin pull, proxy caching, and header management for educational purposes.

CDNLinuxNginx
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Build a Mini CDN with Nginx in 3 Simple Steps
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Feb 21, 2016 · Backend Development

Evolution and Best Practices of Image Server Architecture for Large-Scale Websites

This article chronicles the progression of image server architectures—from single‑machine setups to clustered, shared‑storage, and CDN‑backed solutions—highlighting design pitfalls, scalability challenges, and practical recommendations for building reliable, high‑performance image services in modern web applications.

CDNFastDFSdistributed storage
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Evolution and Best Practices of Image Server Architecture for Large-Scale Websites
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Feb 20, 2016 · Cloud Computing

Evolution of UPYUN Cloud CDN Architecture from 2010 to 2016

The article chronicles UPYUN's cloud CDN development from its modest 30‑40 node deployment in 2010, through multiple architectural revisions, scaling to over 130 edge nodes by 2014, and outlines future plans for DNS‑based load balancing, international backbone expansion, and video/live‑stream acceleration up to 2016.

CDNEdge computingLoad Balancing
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Evolution of UPYUN Cloud CDN Architecture from 2010 to 2016
21CTO
21CTO
Jan 31, 2016 · Operations

Designing Scalable Image Servers: From Windows Monoliths to Cloud‑Native CDN Solutions

This article examines why Windows‑based image servers are often seen as conservative, outlines the limitations of single‑server and clustered designs, and presents modern, scalable architectures using virtual directories, shared storage, FastDFS, and CDN integration for high‑performance web applications.

CDNCloud StorageFastDFS
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Designing Scalable Image Servers: From Windows Monoliths to Cloud‑Native CDN Solutions
Architect
Architect
Jan 26, 2016 · Operations

Evolution of Image Server Architecture: From Single‑Node to Distributed File System and CDN

The article examines how large‑scale web sites handle massive image resources, tracing the progression from simple single‑machine storage to clustered virtual directories, shared UNC storage, and finally a FastDFS‑based distributed file system combined with CDN acceleration, highlighting the architectural trade‑offs and operational considerations.

CDNFastDFSOperations
0 likes · 13 min read
Evolution of Image Server Architecture: From Single‑Node to Distributed File System and CDN
21CTO
21CTO
Jan 20, 2016 · Operations

From Single‑Server to Distributed CDN: Evolving Image Server Architecture

This article traces the evolution of image server architectures—from a simple single‑directory setup on Windows/.NET, through cluster‑based real‑time synchronization and shared‑storage solutions, to modern FastDFS‑backed distributed file systems with CDN acceleration—highlighting scalability, reliability, and migration challenges.

CDNFastDFSbackend operations
0 likes · 13 min read
From Single‑Server to Distributed CDN: Evolving Image Server Architecture
High Availability Architecture
High Availability Architecture
Jan 17, 2016 · Operations

High‑Availability Architecture and Scaling Practices of Meipai Short‑Video Platform

This article outlines Meipai’s evolution into a billion‑user short‑video platform, detailing its high‑availability, scalable architecture, service discovery via etcd, data storage challenges, CDN and cloud‑storage redundancy, fault‑tolerance mechanisms, and future directions such as H.265 adoption and P2P‑CDN hybrid delivery.

CDNCloud StorageHigh Availability
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High‑Availability Architecture and Scaling Practices of Meipai Short‑Video Platform
Java High-Performance Architecture
Java High-Performance Architecture
Jan 3, 2016 · Frontend Development

17 Proven Techniques to Speed Up Your Web Pages

Discover 17 essential strategies—from merging and compressing JS/CSS to leveraging CDNs and lazy-loading images—that developers can implement to significantly overall improve website overall load times, reduce render blocking, and enhance user experience.

CDNFrontend OptimizationWeb Performance
0 likes · 2 min read
17 Proven Techniques to Speed Up Your Web Pages
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Dec 17, 2015 · Backend Development

How Do Mega‑Sites Scale? Inside the Architecture of High‑Traffic Web Platforms

This article examines the technical challenges of massive web sites—such as billions of users, extreme concurrency, and petabyte‑scale data—and explains how architectural evolution, including service separation, caching, clustering, load balancing, CDN, distributed storage, NoSQL, and micro‑service decomposition, enables scalable, highly available, and secure operations.

CDNDistributed Databasesscalability
0 likes · 13 min read
How Do Mega‑Sites Scale? Inside the Architecture of High‑Traffic Web Platforms
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Dec 8, 2015 · Backend Development

How to Build a High‑Availability SaaS Customer Service Platform from Scratch

This article shares practical insights on rapidly creating a SaaS customer service platform, designing high‑availability architecture, and boosting overall system performance through load balancing, database replication, distributed caching, CDN acceleration, front‑end SPA frameworks, advanced search, and comprehensive monitoring.

CDNMonitoringSaaS
0 likes · 12 min read
How to Build a High‑Availability SaaS Customer Service Platform from Scratch
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 4, 2015 · Frontend Development

How Reducing HTTP Requests Supercharges Web Performance

This article explains why web performance matters, outlines the 2‑5‑8 response time principle, and provides practical front‑end optimization techniques such as reducing HTTP requests, internal page tweaks, caching strategies, gzip compression, and network connection improvements to deliver faster user experiences.

CDNFrontend OptimizationHTTP requests
0 likes · 15 min read
How Reducing HTTP Requests Supercharges Web Performance
ITPUB
ITPUB
Oct 23, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Uncovering the Hidden Pitfalls of Internet+ Network Infrastructure

The 2015 SACC conference highlighted numerous hidden challenges in building Internet+ network infrastructure—including cloud host, DNS, CDN, IP database, and BGP issues—providing practical insights for architects and IT professionals to avoid costly mistakes.

BGPCDNDNS
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Uncovering the Hidden Pitfalls of Internet+ Network Infrastructure
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 15, 2015 · Frontend Development

Boost Your Website Speed: Proven Frontend Performance Best Practices

This article compiles Yahoo's 35 golden rules for frontend performance, covering content, server, cookie, CSS, JavaScript, image optimization and mobile considerations, and explains how to test and apply each technique to dramatically improve page load speed.

CDNFrontend OptimizationWeb Performance
0 likes · 19 min read
Boost Your Website Speed: Proven Frontend Performance Best Practices
21CTO
21CTO
Aug 24, 2015 · Frontend Development

Boost Web Performance: 8 Proven Front‑End Optimization Techniques

This guide presents eight practical front‑end optimization methods—including browser choice, static page serving, request reduction, CDN usage, client‑side caching, and server configuration—that can significantly improve user experience and page load speed.

CDNFrontendOptimization
0 likes · 6 min read
Boost Web Performance: 8 Proven Front‑End Optimization Techniques
High Availability Architecture
High Availability Architecture
Aug 8, 2015 · Information Security

Managing HTTPS Certificates When Using Third‑Party CDN Services

The article explains how HTTPS works, why traditional CDN architectures based on CNAME aliases can conflict with HTTPS certificate validation, and compares two common approaches—custom certificates and shared certificates—highlighting their security implications and performance considerations for web operators.

CDNCertificate ManagementHTTPS
0 likes · 6 min read
Managing HTTPS Certificates When Using Third‑Party CDN Services
Architect
Architect
Jul 2, 2015 · Backend Development

Evolution and Best Practices of Image Server Architecture for Large-Scale Web Sites

This article chronicles the progression of image server architectures—from simple single‑machine storage to clustered, shared‑storage, and FastDFS‑based distributed systems with CDN acceleration—highlighting the challenges of capacity planning, synchronization, fault tolerance, and migration while offering practical recommendations for scalable backend design.

CDNFastDFSOperations
0 likes · 14 min read
Evolution and Best Practices of Image Server Architecture for Large-Scale Web Sites
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Jun 11, 2015 · Frontend Development

14 Practical Ways to Optimize Website Loading Speed

This guide presents fourteen actionable techniques—including server response tuning, browser caching, gzip compression, asynchronous scripts, CDN usage, and resource minification—to dramatically improve website loading speed, boost SEO rankings, lower bounce rates, and enhance user experience.

CDNFrontend Optimizationasynchronous scripts
0 likes · 10 min read
14 Practical Ways to Optimize Website Loading Speed
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 7, 2015 · Operations

Xunlei’s Unlimited-Node CDN: Innovation or Disruption in the Cloud?

This article examines the recent price cuts in major CDN services, debates whether Xunlei’s unlimited‑node CDN represents a genuine technological breakthrough or merely market disruption, and offers practical guidance on selecting and deploying CDN solutions for different business needs.

CDNNetwork Architecture
0 likes · 6 min read
Xunlei’s Unlimited-Node CDN: Innovation or Disruption in the Cloud?
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Mar 27, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Evolution of Image Server Architecture: From NFS to Distributed Storage and Cloud OSS

The article examines the progressive evolution of image server architectures—from early NFS‑based setups through distributed storage with load balancing and caching, to modern cloud‑based solutions like Alibaba OSS—highlighting design considerations, performance trade‑offs, and implementation details for scalable, high‑availability image services.

CDNLoad BalancingNFS
0 likes · 19 min read
Evolution of Image Server Architecture: From NFS to Distributed Storage and Cloud OSS
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 30, 2014 · Operations

How CDN Architecture Boosts Performance, Security, and Cost Efficiency

This article explains how leveraging CDN technology—through caching proxies, routing acceleration, security protection, and cost‑saving strategies—can overcome regional network limitations, mitigate DDoS attacks, and optimize storage and load‑balancing, while also comparing open‑source reverse‑proxy solutions and offering practical hardware and software tuning tips.

CDNLoad Balancingopen-source
0 likes · 14 min read
How CDN Architecture Boosts Performance, Security, and Cost Efficiency