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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 ComputingVideo Transcoding
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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.

DevOpsMulti-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.

AIOpsCapacity ForecastingOperations
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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 11Unified schedulingcontainerization
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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.

Unified schedulingcloud-nativecontainerization
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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 Availabilitycost optimization
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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.

CDNcost optimizationperformance-tuning
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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.

Cloud InfrastructureCo-locationcluster utilization
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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.

IntegrationSaaScost optimization
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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.

Capacity ManagementInfrastructure OptimizationServer Utilization
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Six Methods for Capacity Management in Cloud Computing
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Dec 26, 2016 · Operations

How Tencent Scaled Social Data Storage While Cutting Costs

Facing massive user growth, Tencent’s social network team redesigned its KV storage architecture—introducing CKV and Grocery, automating capacity planning, data migration, and backup reuse—to dramatically lower costs, improve operational efficiency, and maintain high service quality across millions of devices.

AutomationOperationscost optimization
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How Tencent Scaled Social Data Storage While Cutting Costs
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Dec 25, 2016 · Operations

How to Build a Low‑Cost, High‑Availability Architecture for a Fresh‑Food E‑Commerce Platform

This article shares practical strategies for designing a cost‑effective, highly available infrastructure for a fresh‑food e‑commerce business, covering business model impact, virtual‑physical hybrid data centers, cloud‑on‑premise balance, open‑source tools, load balancing, monitoring, security, and internal service systems.

Open Sourcecloud architecturecost optimization
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How to Build a Low‑Cost, High‑Availability Architecture for a Fresh‑Food E‑Commerce Platform
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Oct 5, 2016 · Operations

5 Must‑Read Ops ‘Prescriptions’ to Boost Your Infrastructure Skills

This article curates five technical reads—covering network operations, Google’s production environment, massive cost‑saving strategies, IDC automation, and Docker‑based RDS—each presented as a “medicine” with a brief description and a link for deeper insight.

Cloud ComputingDockerOperations
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5 Must‑Read Ops ‘Prescriptions’ to Boost Your Infrastructure Skills
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 28, 2016 · Operations

Six Proven Methods to Optimize Server Capacity and Cut Costs in Large‑Scale Social Networks

Tencent's SNG team shares six practical capacity‑management techniques—performance, density, feature, fragmentation, barrel, and hardware selection methods—that helped reduce operational expenses by over a hundred million yuan annually while supporting hundreds of millions of daily active users.

Capacity ManagementCloud InfrastructureOperations
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Six Proven Methods to Optimize Server Capacity and Cut Costs in Large‑Scale Social Networks
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 23, 2015 · Operations

How Tencent Powers Millions with SET‑Based NoSQL Clusters

Tencent’s operations team explains how its SET‑based NoSQL clusters deliver ultra‑low latency, high availability, and seamless disaster recovery for billions of users, detailing deployment models, synchronization mechanisms, cost‑saving techniques, and the Data‑as‑Service approach that underpins its massive social platforms.

Data as a ServiceHigh AvailabilityNoSQL
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How Tencent Powers Millions with SET‑Based NoSQL Clusters
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 10, 2015 · Information Security

6 Critical Architecture Design Mistakes That Undermine System Security

This article examines six common security pitfalls in system architecture—compatibility, cost‑cutting, data‑code mingling, closed design, blacklist defenses, and neglecting security as a design goal—offering concrete examples and practical recommendations to build more robust, resilient software systems.

blacklist defenseclosed designcode‑data separation
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6 Critical Architecture Design Mistakes That Undermine System Security
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 3, 2015 · Cloud Computing

How 1hao Store Uses Hybrid Cloud to Balance Cost and Performance

This article explains how an e‑commerce platform leverages a hybrid cloud architecture to handle massive traffic spikes from marketing events while optimizing costs, and outlines six key considerations for successful implementation.

Cloud ComputingE‑commerceInfrastructure
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How 1hao Store Uses Hybrid Cloud to Balance Cost and Performance