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DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Mar 30, 2023 · Cloud Computing

FinOps: A Personal Story of Cloud Cost Optimization and Practical Steps

This article introduces FinOps, explains its definition and cultural significance, illustrates the concept with a personal household billing story, and outlines five concrete steps—cost allocation, target setting, budget control, operational management, and intelligent automation—to achieve cloud cost optimization.

Cloud ComputingCloud Cost ManagementFinOps
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FinOps: A Personal Story of Cloud Cost Optimization and Practical Steps
DeWu Technology
DeWu Technology
Mar 30, 2023 · Cloud Computing

得物 FinOps Practice: Cloud Cost Management and Optimization

Since 2021, 得物 has built a FinOps practice that combines finance and DevOps to allocate, forecast, and optimize multi‑cloud spend, delivering over ¥100 million in annual savings through cost‑center platforms, container‑utilization improvements, custom PaaS services, automated analysis, and a cross‑functional virtual team governed by visibility, optimization, and governance KPIs.

Cloud Cost ManagementFinOpsMulti-Cloud
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得物 FinOps Practice: Cloud Cost Management and Optimization
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Mar 16, 2023 · Big Data

How SLS’s Schema‑on‑Read Scanning Boosts Log Analytics Flexibility and Cuts Costs

This article explains the motivation, design, and implementation of Alibaba Cloud's SLS Schema‑on‑Read scanning mode, showing how it enables SQL analysis on raw log data without pre‑built indexes, improves flexibility for evolving schemas, and reduces storage and index costs in various log‑analysis scenarios.

Big DataColumnar StorageLog Analytics
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How SLS’s Schema‑on‑Read Scanning Boosts Log Analytics Flexibility and Cuts Costs
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Mar 3, 2023 · Operations

FinOps Practice at Bilibili: IT Cost Management and Optimization

Bilibili implements a FinOps‑driven, closed‑loop process that combines detailed cost insight, multi‑cloud optimization, and continuous operational controls—using dashboards, TCO models, SKU pricing, and automated billing—to cut IT spending by billions of yuan while maintaining performance and supporting business growth.

FinOpsIT cost managementcost optimization
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FinOps Practice at Bilibili: IT Cost Management and Optimization
DataFunSummit
DataFunSummit
Feb 27, 2023 · Big Data

Gaotu Data Platform Cloud Migration and Cost Management Case Study

This article presents a detailed case study of Gaotu's migration of its on‑premises big‑data platform to Tencent Cloud, covering background challenges, a phased migration plan, implementation lessons, cost‑control measures, and future optimization strategies, with practical insights for similar enterprises.

Cloud ComputingData MigrationGaotu
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Gaotu Data Platform Cloud Migration and Cost Management Case Study
Alibaba Cloud Big Data AI Platform
Alibaba Cloud Big Data AI Platform
Feb 20, 2023 · Big Data

How Alibaba’s DataWorks Transforms Data Governance for Efficiency, Security, and Cost Savings

This article explores Alibaba's DataWorks platform and its comprehensive data governance practices, covering application efficiency, security controls, cost optimization, organizational structure, and cultural initiatives that together enable scalable, secure, and cost‑effective data management across the enterprise.

Big DataData GovernanceDataWorks
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How Alibaba’s DataWorks Transforms Data Governance for Efficiency, Security, and Cost Savings
DataFunSummit
DataFunSummit
Feb 17, 2023 · Big Data

Data Governance Practices and Platform Construction with Alibaba DataWorks

Alibaba’s DataWorks team shares extensive experiences in building and operating a large‑scale data platform, covering data governance across stages—from data stability and quality to security, cost control, and organizational culture—illustrating how systematic practices and tools drive efficiency, reliability, and value for enterprises.

Big DataData GovernanceData Platform
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Data Governance Practices and Platform Construction with Alibaba DataWorks
Zhuanzhuan Tech
Zhuanzhuan Tech
Feb 8, 2023 · Operations

Capacity Management: Goals, Practices, and Optimization at ZuanZuan

This article outlines ZuanZuan’s capacity management approach, covering its objectives, development stages, water‑level metrics, resource optimization techniques, cluster capacity assessment, stress‑test indicators and standards, as well as scaling strategies, demonstrating how systematic capacity management reduces costs while ensuring service stability.

capacity managementcost optimizationperformance monitoring
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Capacity Management: Goals, Practices, and Optimization at ZuanZuan
ITPUB
ITPUB
Jan 31, 2023 · Databases

How Pigsty Turns PostgreSQL into a Cost‑Effective Open‑Source RDS Alternative

Pigsty is an open‑source platform that upgrades PostgreSQL across six dimensions—observability, reliability, availability, maintainability, extensibility, and interoperability—delivering enterprise‑grade features, built‑in monitoring, automatic failover, backup, and performance tuning while cutting cloud database costs dramatically.

High AvailabilityObservabilityOpen-source
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How Pigsty Turns PostgreSQL into a Cost‑Effective Open‑Source RDS Alternative
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Dec 30, 2022 · Operations

Self-Developed HTTPDNS Service: Cost Estimation, Architecture, Optimization, and Lessons Learned

To cut the hundreds‑of‑thousands‑yuan monthly bill of a commercial HTTPDNS service, the team built a multi‑region, self‑hosted HTTPDNS platform, estimated to slash costs by up to 90%, then resolved unexpected TLS bandwidth waste by improving connection reuse, ultimately achieving over 80% savings and planning a hybrid‑cloud deployment.

BGPDomain HijackingHTTPDNS
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Self-Developed HTTPDNS Service: Cost Estimation, Architecture, Optimization, and Lessons Learned
37 Interactive Technology Team
37 Interactive Technology Team
Dec 19, 2022 · Cloud Computing

FinOps: Definition, Team Responsibilities, Principles, and Practice

FinOps is a cloud‑focused operating model that unites technology, finance, and business teams to analyze spend, set usage standards, and continuously monitor and optimize resources through visualization tools, ticket‑based ownership, and metric‑driven processes, as demonstrated by 三七’s integrated cost‑optimization practice.

Cloud ComputingCloud Cost ManagementFinOps
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FinOps: Definition, Team Responsibilities, Principles, and Practice
NetEase Smart Enterprise Tech+
NetEase Smart Enterprise Tech+
Dec 8, 2022 · Artificial Intelligence

How NetEase Optimizes AI for Digital Content Risk Control and Cost Efficiency

At QCon 2022, NetEase’s AI experts detailed their end‑to‑end approach for digital content risk control, covering data acquisition, semi‑supervised training, dynamic inference, cost‑effective deployment, and future directions, highlighting how AI can boost efficiency while managing escalating operational expenses.

AISemi-supervised Learningcontent moderation
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How NetEase Optimizes AI for Digital Content Risk Control and Cost Efficiency
Data Thinking Notes
Data Thinking Notes
Dec 5, 2022 · Big Data

How NetEase Cloud Music Cut Storage Costs by 30% Through Data Governance

This article details NetEase Cloud Music's year‑long data governance initiative, covering data background, governance strategy, project plan, practical actions, results, and future outlook, and shows how metadata‑driven management reduced storage by over 30% while improving reliability and efficiency.

Big DataData GovernanceHadoop
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How NetEase Cloud Music Cut Storage Costs by 30% Through Data Governance
Huolala Tech
Huolala Tech
Dec 1, 2022 · Cloud Computing

How to Master Spot Instances for Cost‑Effective Cloud Scaling

This article explains what Spot (preemptible) instances are, compares them with on‑demand and reserved instances, details AWS Spot pricing and signals, and provides practical strategies—including node‑group design, Kubernetes scheduling, health checks, and rollback plans—to reliably reduce cloud costs while maintaining application availability.

AWSCloud ComputingKubernetes
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How to Master Spot Instances for Cost‑Effective Cloud Scaling
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Nov 27, 2022 · Operations

Best Practices for Full‑Stack Operations Monitoring and Cost Reduction Using Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch

This article presents a comprehensive, three‑part guide on the current state of full‑stack operations monitoring, common challenges and solutions, and a real‑world use case, illustrating how Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch can improve observability, boost performance, and cut costs for complex distributed systems.

AIOpsCloudElasticsearch
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Best Practices for Full‑Stack Operations Monitoring and Cost Reduction Using Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch
ITPUB
ITPUB
Oct 21, 2022 · Databases

How We Replaced Elasticsearch with ClickHouse for High‑Performance Log Storage

Facing rapid growth, our team evaluated ClickHouse’s hot‑cold storage and tiered‑disk policies to replace Elasticsearch, designing partitioning, TTL, and multi‑level storage strategies—including hot, cold, and archive disks, custom storage policies, and OSS integration—to achieve higher write throughput, better compression, and over 50% cost reduction.

ClickHouseCold Hot SeparationTTL
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How We Replaced Elasticsearch with ClickHouse for High‑Performance Log Storage
Huolala Tech
Huolala Tech
Oct 20, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Huolala Cuts Cloud Costs with Kubernetes: Spot Instances, Smart Autoscaling, and Predictive Scaling

This presentation details Huolala's end‑to‑end cloud‑native cost‑optimization strategy, covering the company's infrastructure basics, Kubernetes‑based server cost‑saving techniques, a tailored optimization roadmap, practical Spot Instance usage, and a custom CronHPA‑driven scheduled scaling solution to boost resource utilization.

Cloud NativeHPAKubernetes
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How Huolala Cuts Cloud Costs with Kubernetes: Spot Instances, Smart Autoscaling, and Predictive Scaling
Architecture and Beyond
Architecture and Beyond
Oct 15, 2022 · Operations

Technical Cost Optimization and Fine‑Grained Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Best Practices

This article provides a comprehensive guide for technical leaders on reducing and managing technology costs through a two‑stage approach of cost optimization and fine‑grained operations, covering team formation, current‑state analysis, discount and storage tactics, project planning, communication, and long‑term process and system support.

Cloud ComputingOperationsResource Management
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Technical Cost Optimization and Fine‑Grained Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Best Practices
AntTech
AntTech
Oct 9, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Sky Computing: A Multi‑Cloud Computing Platform for Transparent Resource Utilization

Sky Computing, introduced by Ant Technology Research Institute, proposes a cloud‑agnostic platform that abstracts heterogeneous public and private clouds into a unified service layer, enabling applications to seamlessly migrate workloads across clouds, reduce costs, avoid vendor lock‑in, and support AI training via the SkyML prototype.

AI trainingCloud ComputingMulti-Cloud
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Sky Computing: A Multi‑Cloud Computing Platform for Transparent Resource Utilization
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Oct 5, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Predicting and Reducing Serverless Function Costs with a New FinOps Model

This article introduces the first industry model for estimating total Serverless function costs, analyzes key cost factors such as memory, concurrency, and execution time, and proposes five optimization strategies along with Huawei Cloud's transparent, one‑click Cost Research Center to help users achieve economical Serverless deployments.

Cloud ComputingFinOpsFunctionGraph
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Predicting and Reducing Serverless Function Costs with a New FinOps Model
Model Perspective
Model Perspective
Oct 3, 2022 · Operations

How to Optimize Workforce Planning Over Three Years with Hiring, Training, and Layoffs

This article presents a three‑year workforce planning model that balances hiring, retraining, part‑time staffing, and layoffs while minimizing costs and attrition, using detailed demand forecasts, attrition rates, and constraints to guide optimal decisions for unskilled, semi‑skilled, and skilled workers.

Linear Programmingcost optimizationhuman resources
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How to Optimize Workforce Planning Over Three Years with Hiring, Training, and Layoffs
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Aug 23, 2022 · Cloud Computing

How Switching S3 Compression to Zstd Cut Storage Costs by 30%

AWS switched S3 log compression from gzip to Zstandard, saving roughly 30% of storage space—equivalent to exabytes—by changing the internal storage method, a move confirmed by employee comments and a coinciding 31% price drop in late 2021.

AWSS3ZSTD
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How Switching S3 Compression to Zstd Cut Storage Costs by 30%
DataFunSummit
DataFunSummit
Aug 11, 2022 · Big Data

Huya Data Platform: Cost Reduction and SLA Strategies

This article presents Huya's big data platform evolution, detailing cost‑saving measures, SLA practices, multi‑datacenter architecture, containerized resources, metadata‑driven intelligence, and future directions such as hybrid‑engine materialized views to improve efficiency and service reliability.

Cloud ComputingData PlatformSLA
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Huya Data Platform: Cost Reduction and SLA Strategies
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Jul 14, 2022 · Cloud Native

Industry Insights, Technical Shares, Best Practices, E‑Books, and Cloud‑Native News

This newsletter curates the latest industry insights on smart manufacturing, Kubernetes security, cloud cost optimization, cloud‑native education, technical case studies, e‑books on cloud‑native adoption, an AI modeling video, and recent cloud‑native networking updates, providing concise summaries and direct links for deeper exploration.

Cloud NativeKubernetescost optimization
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Industry Insights, Technical Shares, Best Practices, E‑Books, and Cloud‑Native News
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Jul 12, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Tencent Cut Kubernetes CPU Costs by 70%: A Full‑Scale Cloud‑Native Optimization Journey

This article presents a comprehensive, data‑driven case study of how Tencent’s internal Kubernetes/TKE platform reduced monthly CPU usage by up to 70% and memory usage by 50% through systematic cost data collection, VPA/HPA enhancements, custom scheduling, node‑level over‑commit, and safe node decommissioning, while maintaining zero‑incident reliability.

Cloud NativeHPAKubernetes
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How Tencent Cut Kubernetes CPU Costs by 70%: A Full‑Scale Cloud‑Native Optimization Journey
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Jun 22, 2022 · Industry Insights

How to Slash Cloud‑Native Costs: Practical Steps for Better Resource Utilization

This article analyzes the low server utilization problem in modern cloud‑native environments, presents industry survey data, and outlines a four‑step framework—including observability, optimal public‑cloud usage, elasticity sharing, and remote deployment—to help enterprises dramatically reduce cloud costs while maintaining performance.

Cloud NativeElastic ScalingHybrid Cloud
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How to Slash Cloud‑Native Costs: Practical Steps for Better Resource Utilization
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jun 14, 2022 · Cloud Native

Design and Challenges of Multi‑Active Architecture in Hybrid Cloud Environments

This article examines the design principles, challenges, and implementation details of a multi‑active architecture for hybrid cloud environments, covering stability, cost, efficiency, network topology, container orchestration, service discovery, traffic scheduling, and data storage, and outlines practical solutions used by the Zuoyebang platform.

Cloud NativeHybrid CloudKubernetes
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Design and Challenges of Multi‑Active Architecture in Hybrid Cloud Environments
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jun 12, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Design, Challenges, and Best Practices of Multi‑Active Hybrid Cloud Architecture

This article examines the motivations, stability and cost considerations, technical challenges, and design principles of a multi‑active hybrid cloud architecture, illustrating how container orchestration, service governance, traffic scheduling, and data storage are coordinated to achieve high availability and cost efficiency across multiple cloud providers.

Hybrid CloudKubernetesService Governance
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Design, Challenges, and Best Practices of Multi‑Active Hybrid Cloud Architecture
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Jun 12, 2022 · Big Data

Huya Offline Job Scheduling System: Design, Baseline Scheduling, and Cost Optimization

This article introduces Huya's offline job scheduling platform, covering its positioning, evolution, system architecture, baseline scheduling techniques, cost‑optimization strategies, resource‑balancing methods, and future intelligent data‑warehouse directions, illustrating how data‑driven automation improves YARN utilization and SLA compliance.

DAGYARNbaseline scheduling
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Huya Offline Job Scheduling System: Design, Baseline Scheduling, and Cost Optimization
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Jun 2, 2022 · Big Data

Data Governance Practices and Product Strategy at NetEase: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Plans

The article presents NetEase's internal data governance experience, outlining past challenges, current pain points, a comprehensive product strategy covering scope, value quantification, and feature implementation, and shares initial results and future plans to build an automated, end‑to‑end big‑data optimization platform.

Data GovernanceData Qualitycost optimization
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Data Governance Practices and Product Strategy at NetEase: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Plans
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
May 26, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Why Wolai Chose Serverless Architecture: Lessons from Alibaba Cloud Function Compute

Wolai’s shift to a Serverless architecture using Alibaba Cloud Function Compute cut operational costs by over 50%, accelerated development cycles, and enabled reliable real‑time collaborative editing through a snapshot system, illustrating how small teams can leverage cloud functions for scalable, cost‑effective services.

Cloud ComputingFunction Computearchitecture
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Why Wolai Chose Serverless Architecture: Lessons from Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
May 23, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Web Functions Request Concurrency: Single vs Multi-Concurrency Performance and Cost Analysis

Web Functions, which support native HTTP/WebSocket protocols, traditionally handle each request with a dedicated instance, but this single‑request concurrency wastes resources and raises costs for I/O‑intensive workloads; enabling multi‑request concurrency—either static or dynamic—consolidates many requests onto fewer instances, cutting latency by up to 80 % and reducing billing by as much as 98.8 %.

Cloud ComputingWeb Functionscost optimization
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Web Functions Request Concurrency: Single vs Multi-Concurrency Performance and Cost Analysis
JD Cloud Developers
JD Cloud Developers
May 13, 2022 · Databases

JD’s Color Gateway: Tens of Millions QPS with Cloud‑Native Data Warehouse

During the 2022 China Internet Industry Application Salon, JD Cloud’s product manager explained how the Color gateway, an API gateway handling billions of daily requests, overcomes stability, high‑availability, reliability, and performance challenges during peak sales by adopting a cloud‑native ClickHouse data warehouse that boosts processing speed, reduces costs, and provides real‑time analytics.

Cloud NativeData WarehouseOLAP
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JD’s Color Gateway: Tens of Millions QPS with Cloud‑Native Data Warehouse
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
May 11, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Zuoyebang Cut 22% Costs with Kubernetes Serverless Virtual Nodes

Zuoyebang’s shift to cloud‑native architecture leveraged Alibaba Cloud’s Kubernetes Serverless virtual nodes, achieving a 22.5% cost reduction during peak traffic by dynamically scaling workloads, while addressing scheduling, observability, and performance challenges through custom schedulers, enhanced monitoring, and careful testing.

Cloud NativeKubernetesObservability
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How Zuoyebang Cut 22% Costs with Kubernetes Serverless Virtual Nodes
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Apr 30, 2022 · Cloud Native

How to Choose a Serverless Architecture for High‑Elastic, Low‑Cost Apps with Alibaba FC

Developer Xiao Wang evaluates three deployment options—traditional SLB + ECS, Kubernetes, and Alibaba Function Compute—to build a highly elastic, low‑cost, low‑maintenance architecture for two online apps, then adopts FC’s reserved‑instance mode and idle‑billing feature to eliminate cold‑starts and reduce expenses.

Cloud NativeFunction ComputeServerless
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How to Choose a Serverless Architecture for High‑Elastic, Low‑Cost Apps with Alibaba FC
Zuoyebang Tech Team
Zuoyebang Tech Team
Apr 26, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Serverless Kubernetes Virtual Nodes Cut Costs and Boost Scalability

Zhang's team at Zuoyebang details their journey to serverless Kubernetes virtual nodes, explaining how elastic scaling, fine-grained scheduling, and cost‑effective resource utilization transformed high‑peak online services, while addressing challenges in scheduling, observability, performance, and multi‑cloud resilience.

KubernetesResource SchedulingServerless
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How Serverless Kubernetes Virtual Nodes Cut Costs and Boost Scalability
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Apr 6, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Huolala Cuts Cloud Costs: Real‑World Kubernetes Optimization Strategies

Huolala’s architecture team shares a detailed walkthrough of their cloud‑native cost‑optimization journey, covering public‑cloud server pricing models, Kubernetes request/limit tuning, HPA and CronHPA scheduling, spot instance integration, intelligent pod placement, and practical lessons learned from scaling a global on‑demand logistics platform.

Cloud NativeHuolalaKubernetes
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How Huolala Cuts Cloud Costs: Real‑World Kubernetes Optimization Strategies
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Feb 22, 2022 · Operations

Tackling Cloud‑Native Ops Challenges: Real‑World Practices from NetEase

NetEase’s cloud‑native operations team shares how they confront new challenges of Kubernetes adoption—ranging from technical stack shifts and knowledge‑base gaps to capacity planning, automated diagnostics, monitoring, alerting, and cost‑saving strategies—offering practical insights for building efficient, stable, and scalable ops systems.

AutomationKubernetescloud-native
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Tackling Cloud‑Native Ops Challenges: Real‑World Practices from NetEase
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jan 29, 2022 · Cloud Computing

How WeChat’s Serverless Cloud Functions Powered Billion-User Red Packet Covers

During the 2022 Chinese New Year, WeChat leveraged Serverless cloud functions and cloud development to handle the explosive demand of red‑packet cover creation, achieving sub‑ten‑thousand‑yuan costs, supporting over 100 million daily calls, and delivering rapid, scalable, and cost‑effective deployment for developers.

Cloud FunctionsScalable ArchitectureServerless
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How WeChat’s Serverless Cloud Functions Powered Billion-User Red Packet Covers
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Dec 30, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Ctrip’s Practice of Using AWS Spot Instances for Cost Reduction and High Availability

This article details Ctrip’s large‑scale use of AWS Spot instances on Kubernetes, explaining the cost benefits, the challenges of spot interruptions, and the architectural and operational strategies—including multi‑AZ deployment, scheduling policies, autoscaling group design, and observability—that enable a 50% reduction in container costs while maintaining system stability and reliability.

AWS SpotCloud ComputingKubernetes
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Ctrip’s Practice of Using AWS Spot Instances for Cost Reduction and High Availability
Kuaishou Big Data
Kuaishou Big Data
Nov 26, 2021 · Big Data

How Kuaishou Built a Standardized Data Governance Evaluation System

This article explains Kuaishou's comprehensive approach to data governance, detailing the background challenges, a standardized evaluation framework, practical solutions for model, quality, and cost issues, scoring strategies, operational mechanisms, measurable benefits, and future plans for continuous improvement.

Kuaishoucost optimization
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How Kuaishou Built a Standardized Data Governance Evaluation System
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Oct 30, 2021 · Big Data

Xiaomi Data Management and Application Practice: Metadata Platform Construction, Applications, and Future Plans

This article presents Xiaomi's comprehensive data management practice, detailing the design and evolution of its metadata platform, the implementation of full‑domain metadata, real‑time lineage, precise measurement, and the subsequent applications such as data maps, governance, cost control, and quality assurance, while outlining future development directions.

cost optimization
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Xiaomi Data Management and Application Practice: Metadata Platform Construction, Applications, and Future Plans
Liulishuo Tech Team
Liulishuo Tech Team
Oct 29, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Automating Cloud Infrastructure at Liulishuo: Deployment, Management, and Governance Practices

The article describes Liulishuo's Cloud Infra team's end‑to‑end automation of cloud resource provisioning, scaling, and cost governance using Terraform, a custom Luban platform, GitLab CI/CD, and chat‑bot integrations, highlighting the architectural design, implementation steps, and measurable benefits for both operations and business teams.

Auto ScalingTerraformcloud automation
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Automating Cloud Infrastructure at Liulishuo: Deployment, Management, and Governance Practices
New Oriental Technology
New Oriental Technology
Sep 29, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Building and Managing an AI Research Department: Engineering Practices, Organizational Structure, and Educational Applications

This article explores the strategic management and engineering practices required to build an effective AI research department, detailing organizational structures, performance metrics, cost-reduction strategies, and practical educational AI solutions that bridge theoretical algorithms with scalable industrial applications.

AI DevOpsAI R&D ManagementEducational Technology
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Building and Managing an AI Research Department: Engineering Practices, Organizational Structure, and Educational Applications
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Sep 20, 2021 · Operations

A Comprehensive Guide to Application Portfolio Management (APM)

This guide explains what Application Portfolio Management (APM) is, why it’s essential for modern enterprises, the benefits it delivers, typical stakeholder concerns, and step‑by‑step practices for building and maintaining an effective application portfolio.

Application Portfolio ManagementIT Operationscloud strategy
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A Comprehensive Guide to Application Portfolio Management (APM)
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Sep 2, 2021 · Cloud Native

Migrating Ctrip Hotel Direct Connect Service to AWS: Cloud‑Native Architecture, Cost and Performance Optimizations

This article details Ctrip’s migration of its hotel direct‑connect service to AWS, describing the background challenges, cloud‑native architectural redesign with EKS, bandwidth and latency optimizations, use of spot instances, DNS caching, cross‑AZ traffic reduction, and the resulting performance and cost benefits.

AWSEKSKubernetes
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Migrating Ctrip Hotel Direct Connect Service to AWS: Cloud‑Native Architecture, Cost and Performance Optimizations
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jul 21, 2021 · Big Data

Youzan’s Blueprint: Data Governance, Quality Scoring, and Cost Reduction for AI

At Youzan, data governance evolves from massive data assets to AI readiness through systematic data assetization, quantitative quality scoring, cost measurement, and targeted operational tactics, enabling precise quality monitoring, cost allocation, and continuous improvement that drive both data value and cost efficiency.

AI readinessBig Datacost optimization
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Youzan’s Blueprint: Data Governance, Quality Scoring, and Cost Reduction for AI
Architect
Architect
Jul 1, 2021 · Big Data

Data Governance Practices at Meituan Hotel Travel Platform

This article presents a comprehensive case study of Meituan's hotel‑travel data governance, covering the background, challenges, strategic goals, standardized processes, technical systems, cost and security optimizations, measurable outcomes, and future plans for automated governance.

Big DataData GovernanceData Quality
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Data Governance Practices at Meituan Hotel Travel Platform
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jun 17, 2021 · Cloud Computing

What Datadog’s 2022 Serverless Report Reveals About Lambda Usage and Costs

Datadog’s 2022 Serverless report shows a rapid expansion of Lambda usage worldwide, with call frequencies 3.5 times higher than two years ago, average daily runtimes of 900 hours, shorter execution times, growing adoption of Azure Functions and Google Cloud Functions, and detailed cost analyses that highlight both the economic benefits and optimization challenges of serverless architectures.

AWS LambdaCloud ComputingFunction-as-a-Service
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What Datadog’s 2022 Serverless Report Reveals About Lambda Usage and Costs
Volcano Engine Developer Services
Volcano Engine Developer Services
Jun 7, 2021 · Databases

Why Distributed Database Architectures Matter: From Shared‑Nothing to Shared‑Storage

This article introduces the fundamentals of distributed database architectures, compares Shared‑Nothing and Shared‑Storage designs, explains their three‑tier structure, core engine components, SQL execution flow, performance and cost optimizations, and showcases a real‑world high‑traffic deployment in Douyin’s Spring Festival event.

PerformanceSQLcost optimization
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Why Distributed Database Architectures Matter: From Shared‑Nothing to Shared‑Storage
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
May 25, 2021 · Cloud Native

Next‑Generation Cloud‑Native Data Lake Architecture: Value, Principles, Challenges, and Tencent Solutions

The talk outlines a next‑generation cloud‑native data lake that leverages elastic Kubernetes compute, object‑storage, and Apache Iceberg to cut costs 3‑10× while boosting performance, and presents Tencent’s Data Lake Compute and Data Lake Fabric solutions that address scalability, reliability, and operational challenges through serverless, unified, multi‑engine architecture.

Data LakeIcebergTencent Cloud
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Next‑Generation Cloud‑Native Data Lake Architecture: Value, Principles, Challenges, and Tencent Solutions
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
May 19, 2021 · Industry Insights

How Cloud‑Native Principles Transform Big Data Infrastructure

The article analyzes how cloud‑native concepts such as DevOps, micro‑services, continuous delivery, and containerization can be applied to big‑data foundations, outlining four guiding principles—industrialized delivery, cost quantification, load‑adaptive scaling, and data‑centric design—and describing concrete Hadoop‑based architectures and Tencent Cloud solutions that lower cost while boosting performance.

Big DataData InfrastructureHadoop
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How Cloud‑Native Principles Transform Big Data Infrastructure
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Apr 24, 2021 · Cloud Native

9 Proven Strategies to Slash Kubernetes Costs

Learn how to monitor, limit, and optimize Kubernetes expenses with nine practical techniques—including resource constraints, autoscaling, right-sized instances, Spot instances, sleep schedules, regular clean‑ups, and tagging—to dramatically reduce cloud costs while maintaining performance.

AWSKubernetesResource Management
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9 Proven Strategies to Slash Kubernetes Costs
21CTO
21CTO
Mar 16, 2021 · Operations

How Cloud Computing Is Redefining Operations: Trends, Challenges, and Strategies

The article examines how the rapid adoption of cloud computing, DevOps, AIOps, and FinOps is reshaping the role of IT operations, highlighting new trends, evolving work boundaries, and the essential characteristics of a modern, automated, secure, and cost‑optimized operations system.

AIOpsAutomationFinOps
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How Cloud Computing Is Redefining Operations: Trends, Challenges, and Strategies
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Mar 6, 2021 · Big Data

Youzan Data Governance: Quality Assurance, Cost Management, and Operational Practices

This article explains Youzan's data governance framework, covering the definition of data governance, the company's asset‑centric approach, quantitative quality scoring, cost‑based pricing formulas, billing and allocation mechanisms, continuous operational improvements, and the measurable outcomes achieved.

Data PlatformData Qualitycost optimization
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Youzan Data Governance: Quality Assurance, Cost Management, and Operational Practices
Node Underground
Node Underground
Feb 19, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Serverless in 2021: Trends, Challenges, and Choosing the Right Path

This article examines the rapid rise of Serverless computing in 2021, analyzes market dynamics, highlights technical and operational challenges such as language support, cold starts, and package size, and offers practical guidance for developers and enterprises to adopt Serverless effectively while optimizing cost and performance.

Cloud ComputingServerlesscost optimization
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Serverless in 2021: Trends, Challenges, and Choosing the Right Path
JD Retail Technology
JD Retail Technology
Dec 4, 2020 · Operations

JD.com 11.11 Shopping Festival: Technical Operations, Performance, and Cost Optimization Case Study

The article reviews JD.com’s 11.11 shopping festival technical preparation, detailing how the operations team handled record traffic spikes, improved user experience, increased resource efficiency, and reduced IT costs through high‑fidelity testing, dual‑active systems, and a four‑year Taishan project.

E‑CommerceSystem PerformanceTraffic Management
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JD.com 11.11 Shopping Festival: Technical Operations, Performance, and Cost Optimization Case Study
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Nov 26, 2020 · Cloud Computing

How Gaode Scaled Serverless to Handle 2 Million Calls per Minute During China’s Travel Festival

During the 2020 "Golden Week" travel festival, Gaode Maps leveraged Alibaba Cloud Serverless to sustain nearly two million function invocations per minute, achieving over 99.99% success rate, sub‑60 ms latency, and demonstrating significant gains in efficiency, elasticity, cost savings, and observability for large‑scale map services.

Cloud ComputingPerformanceServerless
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How Gaode Scaled Serverless to Handle 2 Million Calls per Minute During China’s Travel Festival
TAL Education Technology
TAL Education Technology
Sep 1, 2020 · Cloud Computing

Cost Optimization and Resource Management in an Online Education Platform: From XEN Migration to Container‑Based Scaling

This article describes how an online education platform reduced infrastructure costs and improved service reliability by replacing XEN with KVM, building resource‑tracking platforms, adopting Kubernetes‑based containerization, implementing rapid auto‑scaling, and establishing systematic resource auditing and standardization processes.

Cloud ComputingKubernetesResource Management
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Cost Optimization and Resource Management in an Online Education Platform: From XEN Migration to Container‑Based Scaling
Java Backend Technology
Java Backend Technology
Sep 1, 2020 · Cloud Native

Why Serverless Is the Future of Cloud Computing: Insights from Alibaba Cloud’s Leader

Alibaba Cloud’s Serverless lead, known as “不瞋”, discusses how serverless transforms cloud computing into a simple utility, outlines performance, security, and operational challenges, and shares real-world use cases like video processing and large-scale traffic handling, emphasizing cost savings, elasticity, and the future roadmap.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeFunction Compute
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Why Serverless Is the Future of Cloud Computing: Insights from Alibaba Cloud’s Leader
GrowingIO Tech Team
GrowingIO Tech Team
Aug 27, 2020 · Cloud Computing

How GrowingIO Cut AWS Costs: Practical Cloud Cost Optimization Strategies

This article details GrowingIO's systematic approach to reducing AWS expenses by analyzing billing data, tagging resources, visualizing usage, and applying targeted optimizations across EC2 instances, EBS volumes, HDFS storage, network traffic, and S3, while outlining future automation and scaling plans.

AWSCloud ComputingEBS
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How GrowingIO Cut AWS Costs: Practical Cloud Cost Optimization Strategies
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jul 27, 2020 · Databases

How We Replaced Expensive Redis Clusters with KVROCKS on SSDs

Facing a ten‑fold cost increase for public‑cloud Redis, Ctrip engineers evaluated Redis‑on‑SSD alternatives, chose KVROCKS, performed extensive protocol‑compatible modifications, benchmarked performance on standard and Optane SSDs, and demonstrated substantial cost savings while preserving Redis semantics.

KVROCKSRedisRocksDB
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How We Replaced Expensive Redis Clusters with KVROCKS on SSDs
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Jul 27, 2020 · Operations

Website Operations at Qunar: Ensuring Stability, Security, and Efficiency During the Pandemic

The interview with Sun Bin, head of Qunar's website operations, explains how the team acted as a specialized "BlackOps" unit to provide robust technical guarantees, automate problem‑solving, protect user data, optimize resources, and maintain continuous service during the COVID‑19 outbreak.

Data SecurityPandemic Responsecloud infrastructure
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Website Operations at Qunar: Ensuring Stability, Security, and Efficiency During the Pandemic
Youzan Coder
Youzan Coder
Jul 3, 2020 · Big Data

Data Cost Quantification, Billing, and Optimization in a Data Platform

The data‑platform team introduced a self‑sustaining cost‑reduction framework that quantifies CPU, memory, and disk expenses using price‑per‑resource formulas, applies time‑weighted billing, generates multi‑level reports, and drives optimization through six actionable “swords” and incentive‑based operations, achieving roughly 17 % offline‑cluster savings within six months.

Big DataResource Quantificationbilling
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Data Cost Quantification, Billing, and Optimization in a Data Platform
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Jun 14, 2020 · Big Data

Designing an Offline Big Data Processing Architecture Based on Object Storage

This article presents a comprehensive offline big‑data processing framework that leverages scalable object storage for PB‑level data, details storage and compute engine requirements, compares cost options, describes data pipeline design, and showcases an e‑commerce case study with Spark‑driven analytics.

Big DataData EngineeringSpark
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Designing an Offline Big Data Processing Architecture Based on Object Storage
FunTester
FunTester
Jun 3, 2020 · Operations

How to Slash Software Testing Costs Without Sacrificing Quality

This article presents practical strategies for reducing software testing expenses—including early testing, balanced documentation, risk‑based testing, leveraging production data, prioritizing API over UI automation, adopting open‑source tools, optimizing infrastructure, training, process improvements, and selective outsourcing—while maintaining overall product quality.

cost optimizationopen-source toolsrisk-based testing
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How to Slash Software Testing Costs Without Sacrificing Quality
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Mar 20, 2020 · Cloud Native

Build Elastic, Low‑Cost Serverless Video Processing on Alibaba Cloud

This article explains how to design and implement an elastic, high‑availability video‑on‑demand solution on Alibaba Cloud using Function Compute and Function Flow, covering simple and full‑featured architectures, performance and cost comparisons, and practical deployment steps.

Elastic ScalingFunction ComputeFunction Flow
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Build Elastic, Low‑Cost Serverless Video Processing on Alibaba Cloud
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Feb 10, 2020 · Big Data

How Tencent Scales Elasticsearch for Massive Log, Search, and Time‑Series Workloads

Tencent leverages Elasticsearch at massive scale across log analytics, search services, and time‑series monitoring, addressing challenges of high availability, low cost, and high performance through kernel optimizations, resource‑aware throttling, cold‑data merging, rollup, caching, and open‑source contributions.

ElasticsearchHigh AvailabilityLog Analytics
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How Tencent Scales Elasticsearch for Massive Log, Search, and Time‑Series Workloads
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Feb 5, 2020 · Databases

Tencent’s Secrets to Scaling Elasticsearch for Trillion‑Level Data

Tencent shares how it leverages Elasticsearch at trillion‑scale across logging, search, and time‑series workloads, detailing the challenges of high availability, low cost, and high performance, and describing concrete kernel‑level optimizations, resource‑limiting strategies, storage tiering, rollup, cache, and merge techniques that enable robust, efficient operation.

ElasticsearchHigh AvailabilityLarge‑Scale Search
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Tencent’s Secrets to Scaling Elasticsearch for Trillion‑Level Data
Big Data Technology & Architecture
Big Data Technology & Architecture
Jan 19, 2020 · Big Data

Tencent's Elasticsearch Practices: Application Scenarios, Challenges, Optimizations, and Future Directions

This article details how Tencent leverages Elasticsearch for log analysis, search services, and time‑series data, outlines the specific challenges faced in high‑availability and cost‑efficiency, and presents the comprehensive optimization techniques and future open‑source contributions that improve performance, scalability, and reliability.

Big DataElasticsearchHigh Availability
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Tencent's Elasticsearch Practices: Application Scenarios, Challenges, Optimizations, and Future Directions
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jan 2, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Create an AI-Powered Poem Generator Using Alibaba Cloud Function Compute

This article explains how Alibaba Cloud Function Compute can be used for AI model serving, walks through a three‑step deployment of a TensorFlow‑based Chinese poem generator, compares serverless with traditional ECS setups, and discusses cold‑start mitigation, cost optimization, and monitoring features.

AI model servingFuncraftFunction Compute
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Create an AI-Powered Poem Generator Using Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
Youku Technology
Youku Technology
Aug 15, 2019 · Big Data

Youku's Migration from Hadoop to Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute: Benefits and Technical Insights

Youku’s 2017 migration from an on‑premises Hadoop cluster to Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute delivered a unified, elastic data pipeline that cut compute and storage costs by roughly half, handled billions of daily log records, boosted performance and scalability, and empowered analysts with self‑service tools and a rich ecosystem.

Big DataData MigrationMaxCompute
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Youku's Migration from Hadoop to Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute: Benefits and Technical Insights
MXPlayer Technical Team
MXPlayer Technical Team
Aug 10, 2019 · Cloud Computing

How to Build a Low‑Cost, High‑Concurrency Distributed Video Transcoding System on AWS

This article explains the design of a distributed video transcoding platform that leverages AWS Lambda and EC2‑SLAVE to achieve high‑concurrency, low‑latency streaming, detailing architecture, load balancing, health checks, task monitoring, and cost‑saving strategies for scalable cloud‑based video processing.

AWS LambdaCloud ComputingHigh concurrency
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How to Build a Low‑Cost, High‑Concurrency Distributed Video Transcoding System on AWS
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jul 9, 2019 · Big Data

How Youku Cut Costs and Boost Performance by Migrating to MaxCompute

This article explains how Youku processed billions of daily logs, migrated from Hadoop to Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute in 2017, and achieved lower compute and storage costs, faster data delivery, and greater operational flexibility through a robust big‑data platform tailored to its complex business needs.

Data MigrationData WarehouseMaxCompute
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How Youku Cut Costs and Boost Performance by Migrating to MaxCompute
21CTO
21CTO
May 24, 2019 · Operations

How Meituan’s R&D Team Cut Tens of Millions in Resource Costs: A Practical Guide

This article details Meituan's R&D team's systematic PDCA‑based approach to resource cost optimization, covering methodology definition, planning, execution, checking, and iterative improvement across infrastructure, big‑data, and shared services, ultimately saving tens of millions of yuan.

Big DataOperationsPDCA
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How Meituan’s R&D Team Cut Tens of Millions in Resource Costs: A Practical Guide
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 14, 2019 · Operations

How to Master Multi‑Cloud Operations: Lessons from a Gaming Company’s Hybrid Architecture

This talk shares a senior director’s experience building a hybrid multi‑cloud infrastructure for a game company, covering stability, efficiency, cost challenges, design‑for‑failure principles, standardization, resource automation, and the cultural and organizational factors that affect successful cloud operations.

Hybrid CloudMulti-CloudOperations
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How to Master Multi‑Cloud Operations: Lessons from a Gaming Company’s Hybrid Architecture
360 Tech Engineering
360 Tech Engineering
Nov 22, 2018 · Artificial Intelligence

AIOps Practices at 360: Cost Reduction, Efficiency Gains, and Intelligent Operations

This article presents 360's AIOps project, detailing how AI-driven capacity forecasting, host classification, resource recycling, intelligent MySQL scheduling, anomaly detection, alarm convergence, and root‑cause analysis have saved millions, improved efficiency, and paved the way for a fully automated operations workflow.

AIOpsAnomaly DetectionCapacity Forecasting
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AIOps Practices at 360: Cost Reduction, Efficiency Gains, and Intelligent Operations
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Nov 7, 2018 · Cloud Native

How Alibaba Cut Double‑11 Transaction Costs to One‑Quarter with Cloud‑Native Architecture

Over a decade of Alibaba's infrastructure evolution—from early stability fixes, through full‑link stress testing and multi‑active deployments, to containerized hybrid‑cloud scheduling—enabled a dramatic reduction of per‑transaction costs to just 25% of the 2015 level for the massive Double 11 sales events.

Double 11Hybrid CloudUnified Scheduling
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How Alibaba Cut Double‑11 Transaction Costs to One‑Quarter with Cloud‑Native Architecture
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Nov 7, 2018 · Cloud Native

How Alibaba Cut Double‑11 Transaction Costs by 75% with Cloud‑Native Architecture

This article chronicles Alibaba's ten‑year evolution of foundational infrastructure—from early stability struggles to mature full‑link testing, then rapid containerization, unified scheduling, and hybrid‑cloud deployment—that slashed the incremental cost of each ten‑thousand‑transaction spike to one‑quarter of its original level.

Hybrid CloudUnified Schedulingcloud-native
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How Alibaba Cut Double‑11 Transaction Costs by 75% with Cloud‑Native Architecture
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 9, 2018 · Databases

How YY Scaled Its Database Platform: From Manual Ops to Intelligent Automation

This article details YY's journey in transforming its database operations—from early quality and efficiency challenges to a multi‑stage platform that automates resource pooling, high‑availability proxy, cost control, quality monitoring, and security, outlining future intelligent extensions.

Database operationsHigh AvailabilityResource Management
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How YY Scaled Its Database Platform: From Manual Ops to Intelligent Automation
Meitu Technology
Meitu Technology
Jun 5, 2018 · Cloud Computing

Meitu Short‑Video Cost Halving and Millisecond Startup Optimization Practices

Meitu cut short‑video CDN bandwidth by over 50 % while preserving quality, reduced error rates from 1 % to 0.1 %, and achieved millisecond‑level startup for most videos by deploying a data‑driven fusion scheduler, multi‑CDN failover, FastDNS, buffer control, moov‑relocation and player‑tuning techniques.

CDNPerformance Tuningcost optimization
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Meitu Short‑Video Cost Halving and Millisecond Startup Optimization Practices
360 Zhihui Cloud Developer
360 Zhihui Cloud Developer
Feb 27, 2018 · Cloud Computing

How Cloud Gaming Tackles Resource Management: Scheduling, Costs, and AI Solutions

This article explores how cloud gaming platforms manage resources by addressing latency, bandwidth, and cost challenges, defining scheduling problems similar to dynamic bin packing, evaluating classic and new algorithms—including AI‑driven predictions—and proposing strategies to minimize total server runtime and deployment overhead.

AISchedulingcloud gaming
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How Cloud Gaming Tackles Resource Management: Scheduling, Costs, and AI Solutions
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Feb 12, 2018 · Operations

How Alibaba’s Co‑Location (Mixed‑Deployment) Cuts Costs and Boosts Utilization

Alibaba’s mixed‑deployment (Co‑location) technology combines online services and batch compute tasks on shared physical resources, using priority‑based scheduling, resource isolation, and dynamic memory management to dramatically improve CPU utilization, cut infrastructure costs, and maintain service level objectives during peak traffic events.

Co-locationResource Schedulingcloud infrastructure
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How Alibaba’s Co‑Location (Mixed‑Deployment) Cuts Costs and Boosts Utilization
High Availability Architecture
High Availability Architecture
Jul 13, 2017 · Product Management

How to Choose the Right SaaS Tools for Startup Success

This guide outlines key factors and a curated stack of SaaS tools—from communication and collaboration to finance, product development, security, and compliance—to help early‑stage startups quickly select cost‑effective solutions that boost productivity and support growth.

SaaScost optimizationintegration
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How to Choose the Right SaaS Tools for Startup Success
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Feb 20, 2017 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of Payment Routing Mechanisms

This article explains the concept, structure, and practical strategies of payment routing—including guide routing and transaction routing—using a retail store analogy to illustrate how routing decisions optimize user experience, success rates, and profitability while managing costs and risk.

FinTechcost optimizationpayment routing
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Design and Implementation of Payment Routing Mechanisms
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Feb 7, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Six Methods for Capacity Management in Cloud Computing

Tencent’s social network division, overseeing nearly 100,000 Linux servers that power billions of daily QQ interactions, curbs rising hardware expenses by applying six capacity‑management strategies—performance balancing, memory‑density assessment, feature‑driven scaling, virtualization‑based fragmentation reduction, bottleneck‑oriented capacity planning, and selective hardware upgrades such as larger disks or GPUs—to boost utilization and lower operational costs.

Infrastructure Optimizationcapacity managementcost optimization
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Six Methods for Capacity Management in Cloud Computing