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Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Feb 16, 2021 · Fundamentals

How to Enable Automatic Image Upload in Typora with Plugins and Built‑in Support

This guide explains how to add image‑upload capabilities to the Typora markdown editor by using a third‑party Windows plugin, configuring the built‑in upload feature, and setting up various image hosting services such as GitHub, self‑hosted servers, Tencent OSS, Aliyun OSS, Qiniu, Gitee, and SM.MS, complete with installation steps and code snippets.

Image UploadTyporacloud storage
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How to Enable Automatic Image Upload in Typora with Plugins and Built‑in Support
21CTO
21CTO
Feb 4, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Top 10 Free Cloud Storage Services for Developers: Pros, Cons, and Security

Explore ten free cloud storage options, each detailed with advantages, drawbacks, and security considerations, helping developers choose the most suitable platform without spending money, while comparing bandwidth limits, file size restrictions, and cross‑device compatibility to find the best fit for personal or project needs.

cloud storagedata backupdeveloper tools
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Top 10 Free Cloud Storage Services for Developers: Pros, Cons, and Security
Big Data Technology & Architecture
Big Data Technology & Architecture
Jan 28, 2021 · Big Data

Understanding Data Lakes: Definitions, Benefits, Architectures, and Technology Choices

Data lakes, emerging since 2020, are centralized repositories that store structured and unstructured data at any scale, offering flexible analytics, but require robust management to avoid becoming data swamps; this article explains definitions, advantages, typical architectures, and compares cloud and open‑source solutions such as AWS Lake Formation, Alibaba Cloud, Delta, Iceberg, and Hudi.

Analyticsbig datacloud storage
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Understanding Data Lakes: Definitions, Benefits, Architectures, and Technology Choices
JD Cloud Developers
JD Cloud Developers
Dec 8, 2020 · Cloud Computing

How JD Cloud’s Self‑Developed Cloud Disk Powers Ultra‑Stable Mega‑Sale Events

This article reveals how JD Intelligent Cloud’s in‑house cloud disk delivers ultra‑low latency, high‑availability block storage for massive sales events, detailing its Raft‑based architecture, three‑replica consistency, NVMe caching, incremental snapshots, and smart‑NIC acceleration that together ensure 99.99999% data reliability across diverse workloads.

NVMe cachingRaft Protocolcloud storage
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How JD Cloud’s Self‑Developed Cloud Disk Powers Ultra‑Stable Mega‑Sale Events
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Nov 23, 2020 · Information Security

When Revenge Becomes a Crime: A Programmer’s OBS Sabotage Case

A Chinese programmer, angry over an unpaid bonus, altered Huawei Cloud OBS storage code, crippling a consumer platform for hours, leading to a conviction for destroying a computer information system and sparking a broader discussion on developer respect and security safeguards.

cloud storagecode sabotagedeveloper misconduct
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When Revenge Becomes a Crime: A Programmer’s OBS Sabotage Case
Tencent Tech
Tencent Tech
Nov 19, 2020 · Cloud Computing

How Tencent Built a Massive Cloud Storage System to Power QQ Album and Beyond

This article chronicles Tencent's journey from the early development of the TFS distributed storage platform to large‑scale data migrations, flexible bandwidth strategies, and the creation of the cloud‑native YottaStore, illustrating how a small architecture team solved massive storage challenges for billions of users.

YottaStorebig datacloud storage
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How Tencent Built a Massive Cloud Storage System to Power QQ Album and Beyond
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Nov 9, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Ceph Storage Architecture: Overview, Cluster Design, Client Interfaces, and Encryption

This article provides a comprehensive technical overview of Red Hat Ceph, covering its distributed storage architecture, cluster components, storage pool types, authentication, placement algorithms, I/O paths, replication and erasure‑coding strategies, internal management operations, high‑availability mechanisms, client libraries, data striping, and encryption details.

CRUSHCephData Striping
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Ceph Storage Architecture: Overview, Cluster Design, Client Interfaces, and Encryption
JD Cloud Developers
JD Cloud Developers
Nov 2, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Why Edge Storage Beats Central Cloud Storage for Real‑Time IoT Data

As IoT and 5G drive massive data generation, edge storage emerges as a flexible solution that reduces latency, lowers bandwidth costs, and enhances data security compared to traditional central cloud storage, especially for video surveillance and other high‑throughput scenarios.

Data LatencyEdge StorageIoT
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Why Edge Storage Beats Central Cloud Storage for Real‑Time IoT Data
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Oct 11, 2020 · Operations

How Alibaba’s SLS Powers a Unified Observability Platform for Massive Data

Alibaba Cloud’s Log Service (SLS) has evolved into a unified observability middle‑platform that handles tens of petabytes daily, offering integrated storage, processing, and AI‑driven analysis for logs, metrics, and traces, while addressing challenges of data ingestion, performance, and scalability across diverse Ops scenarios.

AIOpsLog Analyticsbig data
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How Alibaba’s SLS Powers a Unified Observability Platform for Massive Data
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Sep 24, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Technical Overview of Tencent Cloud CBS Data Scheduling System

The Tencent Cloud CBS data scheduling system has evolved from a simple snapshot service into a highly concurrent, low‑latency platform that uses COW/ROW mechanisms, multi‑version snapshots, rapid rollback, hot‑data caching, horizontal scaling, fault‑tolerant task switching, cross‑region replication, and seamless disk migration to ensure reliable, fast storage for backups, image creation, and cloud‑disk migration, with future AI‑driven scheduling and ultra‑low‑latency features.

Data Schedulingblock storagecloud storage
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Technical Overview of Tencent Cloud CBS Data Scheduling System
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Sep 17, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Evolution and Performance Optimization of Tencent Cloud Block Storage (CBS)

Tencent Cloud Block Storage (CBS) has evolved through three generations—apllo, atlas, and HiSTOR—adopting a client‑direct, distributed architecture, SPDK, RDMA and user‑space TCP to cut latency to sub‑microseconds while delivering exabyte‑scale throughput, high IOPS, and reliable multi‑copy replication for cloud VM workloads.

RDMASPDKblock storage
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Evolution and Performance Optimization of Tencent Cloud Block Storage (CBS)
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Aug 25, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Introducing Tencent Cloud CBS Enhanced and Ultra‑Fast SSD Cloud Disks: Architecture and Performance Optimizations

Tencent Cloud’s new CBS 3.0‑based Enhanced and Ultra‑Fast SSD cloud disks cut latency by over 50 % to sub‑100 µs, boost IOPS up to 1.1 million and throughput to 4 GB/s, and achieve these gains through SPDK‑driven virtualization, RDMA‑based data paths, a user‑space ZTCP stack, zero‑copy memory handling and dedicated hardware acceleration, targeting latency‑sensitive and IO‑intensive workloads such as large databases, video processing and AI inference.

RDMASSDTencent Cloud
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Introducing Tencent Cloud CBS Enhanced and Ultra‑Fast SSD Cloud Disks: Architecture and Performance Optimizations
Big Data Technology Architecture
Big Data Technology Architecture
Aug 15, 2020 · Big Data

Alluxio: Open‑Source Data Orchestration Platform – Overview, Benefits, Innovations, and Getting‑Started Resources

Alluxio is an open‑source, memory‑centric data orchestration layer that bridges compute frameworks such as Spark, Presto, and TensorFlow with diverse storage systems, offering high‑speed I/O, unified namespace, multi‑level caching, and easy deployment, while providing extensive documentation, download links, and community resources for rapid adoption.

AlluxioAnalyticscloud storage
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Alluxio: Open‑Source Data Orchestration Platform – Overview, Benefits, Innovations, and Getting‑Started Resources
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 5, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Why Object Storage Is the Next Big Thing in Cloud Computing

This article explains the fundamentals of object storage, compares it with block and file storage, outlines its architecture, components, advantages, use cases, and limitations, showing why it has become the dominant storage model in modern cloud environments.

Object Storagecloud storagedata architecture
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Why Object Storage Is the Next Big Thing in Cloud Computing
Java Architecture Diary
Java Architecture Diary
Jul 15, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Unify Object Storage via S3 Protocol for Multi-Cloud and MinIO

This guide explains the background of object storage services, shows SDK upload examples for Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, and Qiniu, introduces the Amazon S3 protocol as a universal solution, lists compatible Chinese cloud providers, and demonstrates how to configure and use a Spring Boot OSS starter—including support for self‑hosted MinIO—by setting appropriate parameters and invoking OssTemplate.

Multi-CloudObject StorageS3 protocol
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Unify Object Storage via S3 Protocol for Multi-Cloud and MinIO
Wukong Talks Architecture
Wukong Talks Architecture
Apr 28, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Integrating Alibaba Cloud OSS with Spring Cloud for Server‑Side Signed Direct File Upload

This article explains why traditional server‑mediated file uploads are inefficient, introduces the server‑side signed direct upload approach for Alibaba Cloud OSS, and provides a step‑by‑step guide—including OSS setup, Maven dependencies, Spring Cloud configuration, policy‑generation controller, gateway routing, CORS settings, and a Vue upload component—complete with code examples.

BackendJavaOSS
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Integrating Alibaba Cloud OSS with Spring Cloud for Server‑Side Signed Direct File Upload
Top Architect
Top Architect
Apr 19, 2020 · Cloud Computing

How to Build a Private Cloud Storage with Nextcloud and Docker

This guide explains why you might need a private cloud, compares several open‑source solutions, and provides step‑by‑step instructions—including Docker installation and Nextcloud deployment—so you can quickly set up a multi‑device synchronized cloud storage on a CentOS 7 VPS.

LinuxWebDAVcloud storage
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How to Build a Private Cloud Storage with Nextcloud and Docker
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Apr 18, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Build Your Own Nextcloud File Server on CentOS 8 in 30 Minutes

This guide walks you through purchasing a VPS, installing DNF, Apache, PHP, and MariaDB on CentOS 8, configuring SELinux, deploying Nextcloud from source, setting permissions, and completing the web‑based setup, enabling a fully functional self‑hosted cloud storage service.

Linuxcloud storagenextcloud
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Build Your Own Nextcloud File Server on CentOS 8 in 30 Minutes
TAL Education Technology
TAL Education Technology
Apr 2, 2020 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of the Dandelion Resource Distribution Platform for Dual‑Teacher Classroom

This article describes the challenges of delivering large video lessons and other digital assets to distributed school campuses and explains how the Dandelion release platform uses resumable uploads, cloud OSS, long‑connection messaging, redundancy, and version‑controlled rollout to ensure reliable, low‑latency playback and scalable resource distribution.

Resource DistributionVersion managementcloud storage
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Design and Implementation of the Dandelion Resource Distribution Platform for Dual‑Teacher Classroom
58UXD
58UXD
Mar 9, 2020 · Product Management

How 58 Cloud Disk Redefined Enterprise Service Design: A Case Study

This case study details the redesign of the internal 58 Cloud Disk service, covering project background, challenges with legacy tools, the four redesign goals of lightweight, usability, consistency, and branding, and the ongoing lessons learned for enterprise product development.

Product RedesignUX case studycloud storage
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How 58 Cloud Disk Redefined Enterprise Service Design: A Case Study
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jan 20, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Linux Cloud Server Storage Expansion: Methods and Step‑by‑Step Guide

The guide shows how to enlarge storage on a Tencent Cloud Linux VM by adding and expanding CBS cloud disks using three approaches—direct bare‑device formatting, MBR partitioning for disks under 2 TB, and GPT partitioning for larger disks—detailing step‑by‑step commands, online vs offline resizing, and best‑practice recommendations.

CBSGPTLinux
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Linux Cloud Server Storage Expansion: Methods and Step‑by‑Step Guide
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Dec 23, 2019 · Databases

Cassandra Deployment and Optimization at 360 Cloud Storage

This article details how 360 adopted Cassandra for its cloud drive, describing Cassandra’s decentralized architecture, the reasons for its selection over HBase, large‑scale deployment challenges, performance optimizations, reliability improvements, disk utilization techniques, and the evolution of the system from 2010 to present.

CassandraData Reliabilitybig data
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Cassandra Deployment and Optimization at 360 Cloud Storage
ITPUB
ITPUB
Dec 13, 2019 · Information Security

Why ElasticSearch Data Breaches Keep Happening: 2.7 B Emails Exposed

A recent ElasticSearch breach exposed 2.7 billion email addresses, one‑billion plain‑text passwords and hundreds of thousands of birth‑certificate copies, highlighting persistent security gaps in cloud‑based search services despite growing corporate safeguards.

Elasticsearchcloud storagedata breach
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Why ElasticSearch Data Breaches Keep Happening: 2.7 B Emails Exposed
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Aug 30, 2019 · Information Security

How Elastic Assured Continuous Data Protection Reduces RPO to Zero

This article examines the rising importance of data security, explains continuous data protection (CDP) concepts, compares traditional backup methods with CDP, outlines implementation models, reviews major vendor solutions, and introduces an elastic, verifiable CDP approach for cloud environments.

Continuous Data ProtectionRPORTO
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How Elastic Assured Continuous Data Protection Reduces RPO to Zero
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 14, 2019 · Fundamentals

Comparison of Ceph and GlusterFS Storage Architectures

This article provides an in‑depth comparison of Red Hat’s Ceph and GlusterFS open‑source storage solutions, detailing their underlying architectures—including RADOS, CephFS, RBD, and Gluster’s brick‑based design—while discussing performance, scalability, high‑availability, hardware requirements, and suitability for various cloud environments.

CephGlusterFScloud storage
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Comparison of Ceph and GlusterFS Storage Architectures
HomeTech
HomeTech
Jun 12, 2019 · Cloud Computing

Design and Implementation of Autohome Enterprise Cloud Disk

The article describes the background, goals, architecture, security, and future plans of Autohome's internally developed enterprise cloud disk, detailing its multi‑layer design, RBAC permission model, file processing, task scheduling, and integration with various corporate systems to improve collaborative work efficiency.

RBACcloud storagedata security
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Design and Implementation of Autohome Enterprise Cloud Disk
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
May 23, 2019 · Cloud Computing

How SPDK Boosts Cloud Disk I/O Performance: Hot Upgrade & Online Migration

This article explains how using the Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) optimizes virtualized I/O paths for cloud disks, covering its architecture, virtio vring basics, hot‑upgrade solutions, online migration techniques, and io_uring enhancements that together achieve up to 1.2 million IOPS with dramatically reduced latency.

Performance OptimizationSPDKcloud storage
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How SPDK Boosts Cloud Disk I/O Performance: Hot Upgrade & Online Migration
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Dec 3, 2018 · Databases

Architecture and Design of Tencent Cloud CynosDB and CynosFS

Tencent Cloud’s CynosDB uses a shared‑storage, primary‑multiple‑replica architecture built on the user‑space distributed file system CynosFS, separating compute from elastic block storage, sinking write‑ahead logs for asynchronous replay, and employing MVCC with Raft‑replicated segments to achieve high‑availability, scalable, and cost‑effective MySQL/PostgreSQL‑compatible performance.

CynosDBLog SinkingMVCC
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Architecture and Design of Tencent Cloud CynosDB and CynosFS
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
Nov 22, 2018 · Cloud Computing

How UCloud’s IO Acceleration Boosts Mechanical Disk Performance 150× in the Cloud

This article explains how UCloud’s self‑developed IO acceleration technology dramatically narrows the CPU‑disk performance gap by raising 4K random write throughput from 300 IOPS to 45,000 IOPS, detailing its architecture, first‑generation limitations, and the second‑generation enhancements that enable scalable, fault‑tolerant cloud storage.

IO accelerationcloud storagedevice mapper
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How UCloud’s IO Acceleration Boosts Mechanical Disk Performance 150× in the Cloud
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
Nov 8, 2018 · Cloud Computing

Unlocking 13× IOPS: Inside UCloud’s High‑Performance SSD Cloud Disk Architecture

UCloud’s latest SSD cloud disk redesign dramatically improves performance—raising IOPS by 13‑fold, cutting latency tenfold, and expanding capacity—through a two‑layer IO path, 1 MB metadata shards, multithreaded models, overload protection, online migration, and upcoming RDMA/SPDK‑based ultra‑high‑performance storage solutions.

IO performanceRDMASPDK
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Unlocking 13× IOPS: Inside UCloud’s High‑Performance SSD Cloud Disk Architecture
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
Oct 17, 2018 · Cloud Computing

Inside UCloud’s Cloud Disk Upgrade, Gray-Scale Networking, and Fast Snapshot Design

UCloud’s first Tech Talk detailed a comprehensive redesign of its cloud disk architecture, introduced ServiceMesh‑based gray‑scale deployment for virtual networking, and unveiled a second‑level snapshot system that delivers second‑level continuous backups with rapid restore capabilities, all backed by NVMe and programmable switch innovations.

NVMecloud storagecontinuous snapshot
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Inside UCloud’s Cloud Disk Upgrade, Gray-Scale Networking, and Fast Snapshot Design
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Aug 30, 2018 · Cloud Computing

Introduction to Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) and Serverless Cloud Function (SCF) Integration

The talk explains Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) fundamentals and its integration with Serverless Cloud Function (SCF), showcasing use cases like image processing, video transcoding, log analysis, CDN refresh, disaster backup, and face‑recognition demos, while outlining trigger limits, best practices, cost benefits, and when traditional servers remain preferable.

Best PracticesCOSSCF
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Introduction to Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) and Serverless Cloud Function (SCF) Integration
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
Jul 7, 2018 · Big Data

How UMStor and HAdapter Power Big Data Cloud Migration with Superior Performance

The article reports on UCloud's subsidiary presenting at ArchSummit 2018 in Shenzhen, detailing the evolution to the digital era, challenges of PB‑scale data storage, and their solution using NFS‑Ganesha, Hadapter, and UMStor to achieve efficient big‑data‑on‑cloud performance and a data‑lake model.

Data LakeHadoopUMStor
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How UMStor and HAdapter Power Big Data Cloud Migration with Superior Performance
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
Jun 29, 2018 · Backend Development

What’s New in Ceph? Highlights from the 2018 Developer Monthly Report

The June 2018 Ceph Developer Monthly Report reviews key changes such as the deprecation of ceph‑disk, the upcoming seastar‑based OSD, SMART‑driven disk‑failure prediction, new rbd namespace support, BlueStore memory optimizations, iWARP RDMA support, and several operational enhancements.

CephSMART monitoringbackend development
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What’s New in Ceph? Highlights from the 2018 Developer Monthly Report
21CTO
21CTO
Jun 11, 2018 · Fundamentals

Why GitHub Dominates: 5 Key Reasons Developers Love It

This article explores why GitHub, the world’s largest open‑source code host with 85 million repositories and 28 million developers, remains indispensable by examining its strong community, massive code library, simple version control, extensive integrations, and secure cloud storage.

GitHubcloud storagedeveloper community
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Why GitHub Dominates: 5 Key Reasons Developers Love It
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Apr 14, 2018 · Industry Insights

How Veritas Velocity Accelerates Data Replica Management and Cuts Costs

The article details Veritas Velocity’s hybrid‑cloud data replica solution, its architecture, deployment steps, role‑based access, workflow automation with Oracle RMAN, and performance benchmarks that show up to 8.8× faster test‑environment provisioning while halving required manpower.

Veritas Velocitybackupcloud storage
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How Veritas Velocity Accelerates Data Replica Management and Cuts Costs
Hujiang Technology
Hujiang Technology
Mar 1, 2018 · Backend Development

Beyond Maslow's Hammer: Avoiding Tool Bias in System Architecture and Storage Decisions

The article examines Maslow's hammer metaphor to highlight how engineers often default to familiar technologies—such as Java, H5, or Ceph—when solving problems, urging a deeper analysis of requirements, diverse skill sets, and appropriate solutions like cloud storage for high‑availability needs.

cloud storagestorage selectionsystem architecture
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Beyond Maslow's Hammer: Avoiding Tool Bias in System Architecture and Storage Decisions
21CTO
21CTO
Jan 26, 2018 · Blockchain

How Blockchain Can Transform Business Processes and Secure Your Data

This article explains blockchain fundamentals, its core features like distributed ledgers and data authentication, and explores practical applications such as crowdfunding, smart contracts, supply‑chain management, decentralized cloud storage, fast secure payments, and IoT device connectivity.

cloud storagedistributed ledgersmart contracts
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How Blockchain Can Transform Business Processes and Secure Your Data
360 Zhihui Cloud Developer
360 Zhihui Cloud Developer
Dec 21, 2017 · Fundamentals

How BBR Congestion Control Supercharges Cloud Disk Speed

This article explains how the BBR congestion control algorithm, designed for long‑fat networks, overcomes the limitations of traditional TCP to dramatically improve cloud storage download speeds, detailing its principles, implementation steps, and real‑world performance gains.

BBRcloud storagecongestion control
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How BBR Congestion Control Supercharges Cloud Disk Speed
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Nov 15, 2017 · Cloud Computing

How Tencent Cloud Storage Evolved Through Three Eras: From Data Access to Activation

The article traces Tencent Cloud Storage's evolution from basic data access in the early 2010s, through a data‑processing phase driven by video and image workloads, to the current data‑activation era focused on big‑data analytics and cost‑effective cloud migration, highlighting technical features and real‑world use cases.

Cloud Computingcloud storagedata processing
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How Tencent Cloud Storage Evolved Through Three Eras: From Data Access to Activation
21CTO
21CTO
Jul 28, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Tencent Cloud Block Service: Evolution from CBS1.0 to Two‑Layer CBS3.0

This article traces the evolution of Tencent Cloud Block Service (CBS), detailing the transition from the initial CBS1.0 built on three distributed systems, through the streamlined CBS2.0, to the cost‑effective two‑layer CBS3.0 architecture, and discusses the technical challenges, solutions, and operational outcomes.

Performance Optimizationcloud storagedata routing
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Tencent Cloud Block Service: Evolution from CBS1.0 to Two‑Layer CBS3.0
Tencent Architect
Tencent Architect
Jul 28, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Evolution and Architecture of Tencent Cloud Block Service (CBS): From CBS1.0 to CBS3.0

This article outlines the development of Tencent Cloud Block Service, describing the transition from the monolithic CBS1.0 through the streamlined CBS2.0 to the two‑layer CBS3.0 architecture, and discusses the design choices, operational challenges, performance optimizations, and industry comparison with Ceph.

Performance Optimizationarchitectureblock service
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Evolution and Architecture of Tencent Cloud Block Service (CBS): From CBS1.0 to CBS3.0
Meituan Technology Team
Meituan Technology Team
Apr 27, 2017 · Operations

Incremental File Synchronization Using Optimized rsync and zsync Techniques

The article proposes an incremental synchronization scheme for Meituan’s Rhino Cloud Disk that shifts rsync‑style signature and delta generation to the client, leverages zsync‑like HTTP range fetching, and discusses challenges such as block fragmentation, low locality in binary files, server‑side merge overhead, and future optimizations like variable‑size chunking and Rabin fingerprint‑based content‑defined chunking.

cloud storagefile synchronizationincremental sync
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Incremental File Synchronization Using Optimized rsync and zsync Techniques
21CTO
21CTO
Apr 12, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Unlocking 90 W/s Red Packet Peaks: Alibaba’s High‑Performance Local Storage Blueprint

This article explains how Alibaba Cloud designed a high‑performance local storage solution—leveraging Virtio‑blk, SPDK, and NVMe SSDs—to meet the massive peak pressure, ultra‑low latency, and high IOPS demands of the Alipay red‑packet business, and how the technology is now available in the public cloud.

Alibaba CloudHigh PerformanceNVMe
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Unlocking 90 W/s Red Packet Peaks: Alibaba’s High‑Performance Local Storage Blueprint
DevOps
DevOps
Mar 31, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Deploying a Private Docker Registry on Azure China with azure-docker-registry-template

This guide explains how to deploy a private Docker Registry in Azure China using the open‑source azure‑docker‑registry‑template, covering architecture, required files, TLS configuration, ARM template parameters, and step‑by‑step deployment commands for creating certificates, storage, load balancer, and VM cluster.

ARM TemplateAzureDocker Registry
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Deploying a Private Docker Registry on Azure China with azure-docker-registry-template
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Nov 8, 2016 · Cloud Computing

12 Notable Data Storage Startups to Watch in 2016

Amid rising data‑storage complexity, twelve innovative startups emerged in 2015‑2016, leveraging flash, disk, and cloud technologies to improve data mobility and management across hierarchical storage tiers, offering solutions ranging from cloud‑native storage networks to SAN arrays and virtualization platforms.

SANbig datacloud storage
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12 Notable Data Storage Startups to Watch in 2016
360 Quality & Efficiency
360 Quality & Efficiency
Sep 23, 2016 · Cloud Computing

Understanding VOI, VDI, and NGD: A Cloud Computing Approach to Virtual OS Infrastructure and Integrated Cloud Storage

This article explains the concepts of Virtual OS Infrastructure (VOI) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), introduces the Next Generation Desktop (NGD) as a hybrid solution, discusses their limitations, and shows how cloud storage can integrate VOI and VDI to enable flexible, cost‑effective cloud computing deployments.

Cloud ComputingNGDVDI
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Understanding VOI, VDI, and NGD: A Cloud Computing Approach to Virtual OS Infrastructure and Integrated Cloud Storage
ITPUB
ITPUB
Sep 21, 2016 · Operations

How Tencent Cloud Recovered Lost Data in a 2‑Day Storage Crisis

In a two‑day incident, Tencent Cloud's CBS team diagnosed cell failures, implemented directed reads and a dual‑cell merge strategy, and restored three‑copy data integrity, while uncovering monitoring gaps and tool limitations that inform future storage operations.

cloud storagedata recoverydistributed storage
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How Tencent Cloud Recovered Lost Data in a 2‑Day Storage Crisis
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Aug 18, 2016 · Cloud Computing

Understanding the Evolution and Competition Between Traditional and Emerging Storage Technologies

The article analyzes how cloud-native, distributed, and software‑defined storage solutions are reshaping the enterprise storage market, compares them with traditional high‑reliability systems, and offers guidance on selecting, integrating, and migrating storage technologies based on business scenarios, cost, and performance considerations.

SDSbig datacloud storage
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Understanding the Evolution and Competition Between Traditional and Emerging Storage Technologies
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Aug 18, 2016 · Backend Development

Architecture and Scaling Practices of the Miaopai Short Video Platform

The article details the evolution, system architecture, backend technologies, high‑availability designs, data handling, upload and playback workflows, and operational monitoring of the Miaopai short‑video service, illustrating how it scales to hundreds of millions of users under heavy load.

cloud storagehigh availabilityscalability
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Architecture and Scaling Practices of the Miaopai Short Video Platform
DevOps
DevOps
Aug 13, 2016 · Cloud Computing

How to Build a High-Performance Private Docker Registry Using Azure Storage

This article explains how to set up a fast, stable private Docker Registry by leveraging Azure Storage as the backend, detailing the creation of Azure-hosted Docker machines, configuring the registry containers for both macOS/Linux and Windows, and providing scripts to pull and push images through the Azure-backed storage.

AzureDevOpsDocker
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How to Build a High-Performance Private Docker Registry Using Azure Storage
Liulishuo Tech Team
Liulishuo Tech Team
Jun 17, 2016 · Big Data

Building a Scalable Big Data Platform on AWS: Architecture and Execution Service Design

This article details the architectural design and implementation of a scalable big data platform built on AWS services, highlighting the transition from HDFS to S3 for storage, the use of EMR for elastic compute, and a custom Execution Service integrated with Consul and Airflow for automated cluster management and task scheduling.

AWS EMRAirflowBig Data Architecture
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Building a Scalable Big Data Platform on AWS: Architecture and Execution Service Design
Baidu Maps Tech Team
Baidu Maps Tech Team
Mar 9, 2016 · Cloud Computing

How Baidu’s LBS Cloud Storage Revolutionizes Massive Geospatial Data Retrieval

Baidu’s LBS Cloud Storage and Retrieval platform offers developers a fully managed, high‑performance solution for massive geospatial data, featuring free large‑scale storage, GeoHash‑based spatial queries, real‑time updates, strong isolation, and a series of architectural optimizations that dramatically improve latency, availability, and scalability.

IndexingLBScloud storage
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How Baidu’s LBS Cloud Storage Revolutionizes Massive Geospatial Data Retrieval
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.

CDNFastDFSWindows .NET
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Designing Scalable Image Servers: From Windows Monoliths to Cloud‑Native CDN Solutions
21CTO
21CTO
Jan 23, 2016 · Big Data

How Massive Is the Data Behind the World’s Biggest Porn Sites?

The article analyzes the staggering traffic, storage needs, and infrastructure of major adult video platforms, revealing that sites like Xvideos and YouPorn handle tens of petabytes of data monthly, requiring bandwidth and hardware comparable to leading streaming services.

big datacloud storagepornography
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How Massive Is the Data Behind the World’s Biggest Porn Sites?
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 storageetcd
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High‑Availability Architecture and Scaling Practices of Meipai Short‑Video Platform
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Dec 26, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Best Value Cloud Storage: Performance & Cost Comparison of Top Providers

Using Apache JMeter, this study objectively benchmarks hot object storage performance (RT and TPS) and pricing across five major cloud vendors—AWS, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Qiniu, and Huawei—evaluating download/upload speeds for various file sizes and calculating a performance‑to‑price ratio to guide optimal provider selection.

AWSAlibaba Cloudcloud storage
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Best Value Cloud Storage: Performance & Cost Comparison of Top Providers
Architect
Architect
Dec 26, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Performance Evaluation and Cost‑Effectiveness of Major Cloud Object Storage Providers

This article presents a systematic performance and cost‑effectiveness comparison of six major cloud object‑storage providers—AWS, Azure, Qiniu, Huawei Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, and Kingsoft Cloud—using JMeter‑driven upload/download tests across various file sizes and analyzing price data to rank their overall value.

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Performance Evaluation and Cost‑Effectiveness of Major Cloud Object Storage Providers
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Dec 19, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Ctrip Cloud Platform Overview and Ceph Deployment Cases

This article presents an overview of Ctrip's cloud platform built on OpenStack, details the architecture and components of Ceph storage—including RGW and RBD—describes deployment configurations across multiple data centers, and discusses real-world use cases such as hotel image feature storage and cross‑region continuous delivery.

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Ctrip Cloud Platform Overview and Ceph Deployment Cases
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Dec 11, 2015 · Operations

Quality Assurance and Testing Practices in Baidu Cloud Storage

The article outlines Baidu Cloud's comprehensive quality assurance framework—including testing technologies, specialized safeguards, and a multi‑stage QA evolution—demonstrating how data integrity, performance, and user experience are continuously measured, monitored, and improved for a cloud storage service serving hundreds of millions of users.

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Quality Assurance and Testing Practices in Baidu Cloud Storage
Architect
Architect
May 9, 2015 · Operations

Seamless Image Storage Migration to Qiniu Using qrsync and Mirror Storage

This article details how the high‑traffic mobile platform 糗百 migrated its massive image repository to Qiniu Cloud without service interruption, using the qrsync upload tool combined with Qiniu’s mirror storage to smoothly transfer cold data, handle hot data, and alleviate I/O bottlenecks.

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Seamless Image Storage Migration to Qiniu Using qrsync and Mirror Storage
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Apr 22, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Guidelines for Building Elastic Scalable Applications on Google Cloud Platform

The article summarizes Google’s recent papers that outline an architectural guide for creating elastic, scalable web applications on Google Cloud Platform, describing key components such as regions, zones, load balancers, autoscalers, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, and deployment best‑practices.

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Guidelines for Building Elastic Scalable Applications on Google Cloud Platform
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jul 16, 2014 · Cloud Computing

Why Modern Cloud Storage Is Getting So Complex—and How Qiniu Solved It

From the evolution of single‑machine file systems to today’s distributed, erasure‑coded cloud storage, this article examines why storage has become increasingly complex, the limitations of traditional replication, and how Qiniu’s next‑gen architecture leverages EC, faster repairs, and cost reductions to meet scalability, reliability, and availability demands.

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Why Modern Cloud Storage Is Getting So Complex—and How Qiniu Solved It