Tagged articles
226 articles
Page 3 of 3
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Dec 23, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Design and Practices of an Elastic Computing Platform for Efficient Resource Utilization

This article describes the design, challenges, and operational practices of a cloud‑native elastic computing platform that reuses idle resources from production servers to support massive image compression, video transcoding, AI inference, and log processing while ensuring online services maintain performance, latency, and reliability.

OOM handlingPerformance Monitoringcloud infrastructure
0 likes · 13 min read
Design and Practices of an Elastic Computing Platform for Efficient Resource Utilization
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
Oct 20, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Inside UCloud’s Compute Factory: Scaling VMs and Containers with Mesos

UCloud’s Compute Factory enables rapid provisioning of massive VM resources for compute‑intensive services by leveraging a Mesos‑based resource management platform that unifies multi‑region data centers, supports both VMs and containers, and addresses challenges in scheduling, networking, storage, and operational reliability.

MesosResource ManagementUCloud
0 likes · 14 min read
Inside UCloud’s Compute Factory: Scaling VMs and Containers with Mesos
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 17, 2017 · Artificial Intelligence

Scaling JD’s AI Platform: 5K+ Containers, GPU Management, and Multi‑Tenant Kubernetes

Since September 2016, JD’s AI foundation platform has leveraged Docker and Kubernetes to build a scalable machine‑learning infrastructure that now runs over 5,000 container instances, supports more than 20 AI services, and provides unified GPU, storage, networking, and multi‑tenant capabilities for both inference and training workloads.

AI PlatformGPU schedulingKubernetes
0 likes · 14 min read
Scaling JD’s AI Platform: 5K+ Containers, GPU Management, and Multi‑Tenant Kubernetes
21CTO
21CTO
Aug 19, 2017 · Cloud Computing

How Tencent’s Elastic Platform Powers Billions of Daily Image Compressions with 6K Containers

Tencent’s elastic computing platform replaces 24,000 physical servers with just 6,000 containers, delivering sustainable compute for billions of daily image compressions while also supporting video transcoding, Spark jobs, and AI workloads through dynamic resource isolation, named services, and intelligent scheduling.

cloud infrastructurecontainer orchestrationelastic computing
0 likes · 8 min read
How Tencent’s Elastic Platform Powers Billions of Daily Image Compressions with 6K Containers
Hujiang Technology
Hujiang Technology
Aug 16, 2017 · Cloud Native

Implementing DevOps with Container Orchestration: CI/CD Pipeline, Docker Image Optimization, and Automated Operations

This article explains how to build a DevOps workflow using container orchestration, covering agile development with Docker image slimming, a Jenkins‑based CI/CD pipeline, simplified Gitflow, container monitoring with cAdvisor‑InfluxDB‑Grafana, and auto‑scaling via Marathon, while separating automated deployment from production release.

Auto ScalingJenkinsci/cd
0 likes · 16 min read
Implementing DevOps with Container Orchestration: CI/CD Pipeline, Docker Image Optimization, and Automated Operations
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Apr 11, 2017 · Cloud Computing

How JD Built a Scalable Elastic Cloud Platform: Architecture, Challenges, and Lessons

This article details JD.com's Elastic Cloud 1.0 platform—its massive container deployment, four‑principle philosophy, architectural design, operational challenges, performance optimizations, and the roadmap toward Elastic Cloud 2.0—offering practical insights for large‑scale cloud engineering.

JD.comPerformance Optimizationcloud computing
0 likes · 17 min read
How JD Built a Scalable Elastic Cloud Platform: Architecture, Challenges, and Lessons
Hujiang Technology
Hujiang Technology
Mar 21, 2017 · Cloud Native

Docker and Microservices: Architecture, Orchestration, Networking, Storage, Monitoring, and Scaling at Hujiang

The article details Hujiang's practical experience deploying microservices with Docker, evaluating orchestration tools, network and storage solutions, monitoring approaches, and automatic scaling, and demonstrates how Docker improves deployment density, QPS, and resource efficiency compared to traditional architectures.

MesosNetworkingcontainer orchestration
0 likes · 11 min read
Docker and Microservices: Architecture, Orchestration, Networking, Storage, Monitoring, and Scaling at Hujiang
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Mar 17, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Ctrip Container Cloud: Architecture, Elastic Scaling, and Monitoring Practices

This article details Ctrip's journey in building a private container cloud to support rapid business growth, covering elasticity challenges, container deployment principles, orchestration platform choices, network design, operational issues, custom executors, monitoring solutions, and the overarching CDOS system.

DockerMesoscdos
0 likes · 16 min read
Ctrip Container Cloud: Architecture, Elastic Scaling, and Monitoring Practices
DevOps
DevOps
Feb 23, 2017 · Cloud Native

JD's Migration from OpenStack to Kubernetes: Lessons and Architecture of JDOS 2.0

Since the end of 2016, JD has been transitioning its infrastructure from OpenStack to Kubernetes, completing 20% of the migration and aiming for full conversion by Q2, and shares detailed experiences, architectural evolution, operational practices, and future directions for large‑scale container platforms.

Cloud NativeInfrastructureJDOS
0 likes · 16 min read
JD's Migration from OpenStack to Kubernetes: Lessons and Architecture of JDOS 2.0
Hujiang Technology
Hujiang Technology
Dec 19, 2016 · Cloud Native

Architects' Roundtable: Container Practice and Orchestration Experiences

In this architects' roundtable, leading engineers from companies such as Hujiang, Didi, Mogujie, Qiniu, and Shanbay share practical experiences and challenges of adopting Docker, Mesos, Marathon, and Kubernetes for container deployment, orchestration, networking, storage, and auto‑scaling in production environments.

Cloud NativeMesoscontainer orchestration
0 likes · 22 min read
Architects' Roundtable: Container Practice and Orchestration Experiences
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Sep 22, 2016 · Cloud Native

Master Docker Swarm 1.12: Build, Scale, and Manage High‑Availability Clusters

This article introduces Docker 1.12’s Swarm mode, detailing its new features such as service creation, health checks, scaling, scheduling constraints, load balancing, service discovery, and rolling updates, and provides step‑by‑step instructions for building a multi‑node Swarm cluster, deploying services, and handling node failures.

DevOpsDockerSwarm
0 likes · 17 min read
Master Docker Swarm 1.12: Build, Scale, and Manage High‑Availability Clusters
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 6, 2016 · Cloud Native

How Docker Transforms Cloud Delivery: Real‑World Practices from Alibaba

This article summarizes a 2016 Global Operations conference talk that explains how Docker and micro‑services reshape software delivery, covering Alibaba's container usage, cloud‑native principles, continuous integration, immutable infrastructure, and practical tips for deploying containers at scale.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsDocker
0 likes · 27 min read
How Docker Transforms Cloud Delivery: Real‑World Practices from Alibaba
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 2, 2016 · Cloud Native

How Ping An Built a Scalable Mesos + Marathon PaaS for Financial Services

This article details how Ping An Technology designed and operated the Padis platform—an internal Docker‑based PaaS that evolved to Mesos + Marathon, providing independent container IPs, automated networking, load balancing, CMDB integration, monitoring, and log aggregation to support thousands of containers in production financial applications.

DevOpsMarathonPaaS
0 likes · 16 min read
How Ping An Built a Scalable Mesos + Marathon PaaS for Financial Services
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Dec 14, 2015 · Cloud Native

Building Scalable Development Environments with Docker, Mesos, and Kubernetes: Lessons Learned

This article details a year‑long journey of designing, deploying, and operating container‑based development environments using Docker, Apache Mesos, and Kubernetes, covering the challenges of version consistency, rapid environment switching, resource isolation, and the practical solutions and lessons gathered from real‑world production use.

DevOpsDockerInfrastructure
0 likes · 16 min read
Building Scalable Development Environments with Docker, Mesos, and Kubernetes: Lessons Learned
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Dec 9, 2015 · Cloud Native

What Is Kubernetes? A Beginner’s Guide to Core Concepts and Components

This article introduces Kubernetes, Google's open‑source container orchestration platform, explaining its core concepts such as Pods, ReplicationControllers, Services, and Labels, and detailing the main components like kubectl, kube‑apiserver, controller‑manager, scheduler, proxy, and kubelet, along with their OpenStack equivalents.

Cloud NativeDevOpscontainer orchestration
0 likes · 9 min read
What Is Kubernetes? A Beginner’s Guide to Core Concepts and Components
Architect
Architect
Nov 25, 2015 · Cloud Native

Kubernetes Architecture Overview and Practical Insights

This article introduces Kubernetes, explains why it is used, outlines its core goals, describes the main components and their functions, discusses the architectural improvements it enables, and shares practical deployment experiences and common issues encountered during real‑world usage.

DevOpsInfrastructureKubernetes
0 likes · 15 min read
Kubernetes Architecture Overview and Practical Insights
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 17, 2015 · Cloud Native

Project Eru: Scaling a Custom Docker Orchestration Platform to 10k Nodes

Project Eru, a homegrown Docker‑based orchestration system developed at Mango TV, replaces earlier PaaS attempts with a stateless, scalable core and agent architecture, leveraging Redis clusters, MacVLAN networking, and fine‑grained CPU allocation to achieve rapid, automated scaling across thousands of containers.

Macvlancontainer orchestrationredis
0 likes · 22 min read
Project Eru: Scaling a Custom Docker Orchestration Platform to 10k Nodes
Meituan Technology Team
Meituan Technology Team
Jan 31, 2015 · Cloud Native

Docker Introduction and Architecture

Docker, an open-source tool written in Go, packages applications into lightweight Linux containers that share the host kernel, offering near-native performance, a client-server architecture with images and containers, simple bridge networking, essential CLI commands, and an evolving ecosystem including CoreOS, Kubernetes, and PaaS platforms.

DockerDocker ArchitectureDocker Commands
0 likes · 12 min read
Docker Introduction and Architecture