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Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jun 19, 2024 · Industry Insights

China's Computing Power Network Market 2024: Trends, Scale, and Future Outlook

The 2024 white paper on China's computing power network outlines the evolution of data centers and IDC services, quantifies the digital economy’s 50.2 trillion RMB size, details a 624.75 billion RMB market in 2022 with a projected 1.06 trillion RMB valuation by 2025, and examines technology, application sectors, and emerging standards driving the industry.

AIData Centercomputing power
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China's Computing Power Network Market 2024: Trends, Scale, and Future Outlook
Practical DevOps Architecture
Practical DevOps Architecture
Jun 13, 2024 · Operations

Comprehensive Data Center Operations Training Course Overview

This extensive training program covers everything a data center operations engineer needs—from foundational infrastructure management and server hardware maintenance to advanced network configuration, security hardening, monitoring, fault handling, and practical hands‑on skills for real‑world challenges.

Data CenterInfrastructureMonitoring
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Comprehensive Data Center Operations Training Course Overview
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jun 12, 2024 · Cloud Computing

Emerging Disaggregated Compute‑Storage Architecture for Cloud and Internet Scenarios

The article examines challenges of traditional server‑based distributed storage in cloud and internet workloads and proposes a new disaggregated compute‑storage architecture leveraging emerging hardware such as EBOF, DPU, CXL, and NVMe to improve resource utilization, performance, reliability, and efficiency.

Cloud ComputingData CenterHardware Trends
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Emerging Disaggregated Compute‑Storage Architecture for Cloud and Internet Scenarios
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jun 11, 2024 · Industry Insights

Why Traditional Distributed Storage Struggles and How New Compute‑Storage Separation Can Transform Cloud Data Centers

The article analyzes the limitations of current server‑based distributed storage—such as data‑lifecycle mismatches, performance‑resource trade‑offs, serverless workload demands, and the costly "datacenter tax"—and presents emerging hardware trends and a novel compute‑storage separation architecture that promises higher efficiency, reliability, and scalability for cloud and internet data centers.

CXLCompute-Storage SeparationDPU
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Why Traditional Distributed Storage Struggles and How New Compute‑Storage Separation Can Transform Cloud Data Centers
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jun 3, 2024 · Cloud Computing

Design Principles and Future Trends of Data Center Networks

This article outlines key design principles—scalability, availability, flexibility, and security—for modern data center networks, compares fabric, overlay, spine‑leaf, and BGP EVPN architectures, and discusses emerging trends such as high‑bandwidth, heterogeneous compute clusters and intelligent, cost‑effective operations.

BGP EVPNData CenterNetwork Architecture
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Design Principles and Future Trends of Data Center Networks
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
May 17, 2024 · Cloud Computing

Why Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Is Revolutionizing Modern Data Centers

This article explains what hyper‑converged infrastructure (HCI) is, outlines its core components and key technologies such as virtualization, software‑defined storage and networking, and details the benefits, scalability, high‑availability features, and typical use cases for enterprises adopting HCI.

Data CenterHCIHyper-Converged Infrastructure
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Why Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Is Revolutionizing Modern Data Centers
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
May 13, 2024 · Operations

What Are the Core Principles Behind Modern Data Center Network Architecture?

This article outlines the fundamental design principles for data center networks—scalability, availability, flexibility, and security—and examines key architectures such as Fabric, Overlay, Spine‑Leaf, and BGP EVPN, while also highlighting emerging trends toward higher bandwidth, dense compute, cost efficiency, and intelligent operations.

BGP EVPNData CenterNetwork Architecture
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What Are the Core Principles Behind Modern Data Center Network Architecture?
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
May 11, 2024 · Industry Insights

Why Network Interconnects Are the New Bottleneck for Large‑Model AI Training

The rapid growth of AI large‑model training and inference is driving unprecedented demand for compute and high‑speed networking, prompting a shift from traditional GPU clusters to super‑pooled intelligent computing centers that must balance multiple intra‑ and inter‑node interconnect solutions such as NVLink, OAM/UBB, InfiniBand and RoCEv2.

AIData CenterInfiniBand
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Why Network Interconnects Are the New Bottleneck for Large‑Model AI Training
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
May 7, 2024 · Operations

Why Spine‑Leaf IP Fabric Beats Traditional Data Center Networks

This article compares traditional three‑tier data‑center networking with modern spine‑leaf IP Fabric architectures, highlighting differences in bandwidth, availability, scalability, security, convergence time, multi‑tenant support, ECMP routing, configuration complexity, automation, and cost to help engineers choose the optimal design.

BGP EVPNData CenterNetwork Architecture
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Why Spine‑Leaf IP Fabric Beats Traditional Data Center Networks
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
May 1, 2024 · Industry Insights

How CXL Can Break the AI Memory Wall and Boost Data‑Center Performance

The rapid growth of AI models is widening the gap between compute power and memory bandwidth, but the emerging Compute Express Link (CXL) interconnect offers lower latency, memory sharing, and flexible device topologies that can alleviate the memory‑wall bottleneck and reshape future data‑center architectures.

AI computeCXLData Center
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How CXL Can Break the AI Memory Wall and Boost Data‑Center Performance
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Apr 30, 2024 · Industry Insights

How Bilibili’s Smart Cabling Platform Boosts Data Center Efficiency

This article examines Bilibili's data‑center cabling challenges and presents a smart management platform that digitizes design, automates routing with scenario‑based and shortest‑path algorithms, streamlines task creation and operation, ultimately reducing installation time and improving maintenance efficiency.

AutomationCablingData Center
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How Bilibili’s Smart Cabling Platform Boosts Data Center Efficiency
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Apr 24, 2024 · Industry Insights

What Is Hyper‑Converged Infrastructure and Why It’s Transforming Data Centers

Hyper‑converged infrastructure (HCI) integrates compute, storage, and networking into a single software‑defined platform, offering simplified management, improved efficiency, seamless scalability, and lower total cost of ownership, making it a preferred architecture for modern data centers and cloud‑native workloads.

Cloud ComputingData CenterHCI
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What Is Hyper‑Converged Infrastructure and Why It’s Transforming Data Centers
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Apr 18, 2024 · Industry Insights

Why InfiniBand Dominates Modern HPC: Speed, Latency, and Scalability Explained

This article provides a comprehensive technical overview of InfiniBand, covering its rapid adoption in top supercomputers, detailed performance advantages such as ultra‑high bandwidth, CPU offload, sub‑microsecond latency, flexible scalability, QoS, SHARP acceleration, and a comparison with Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and Omni‑Path, while also outlining HDR switch and NIC product families.

Data CenterHDRHPC
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Why InfiniBand Dominates Modern HPC: Speed, Latency, and Scalability Explained
Baidu Geek Talk
Baidu Geek Talk
Apr 17, 2024 · Industry Insights

Mastering Multi-CPU Performance: Challenges and One-Click Tuning with Btune

The talk outlines how modern data centers host diverse CPUs (Intel, AMD, Ampere, ARM), the multi‑layer performance‑tuning challenges this creates, and how Baidu Cloud’s one‑click Btune suite automates metric collection, bottleneck identification, and optimization across hardware, kernel, runtime, and application layers.

BtuneCPUData Center
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Mastering Multi-CPU Performance: Challenges and One-Click Tuning with Btune
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Mar 29, 2024 · Fundamentals

Why Spine‑Leaf IP Fabric Beats Traditional Data Center Networks

This article compares traditional three‑tier data‑center networking with modern leaf‑spine IP‑Fabric architectures, detailing bandwidth, availability, scalability, security, and the advantages of BGP EVPN and VXLAN in terms of scalability, convergence, multi‑tenant support, automation, and overall cost.

BGP EVPNData CenterIP fabric
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Why Spine‑Leaf IP Fabric Beats Traditional Data Center Networks
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Mar 25, 2024 · Industry Insights

Why Fat-Tree, Dragonfly, and Torus Topologies Matter in HPC Networks

The article examines the challenges of ultra‑large‑scale HPC networking, compares traditional CLOS with Fat‑Tree, Dragonfly, and Torus topologies, explains their bandwidth and latency characteristics, presents scalability formulas, and evaluates routing algorithms and practical trade‑offs for each design.

Data CenterDragonflyTorus
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Why Fat-Tree, Dragonfly, and Torus Topologies Matter in HPC Networks
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Mar 23, 2024 · Fundamentals

What Makes a Server Tick? A Deep Dive into Server Architecture and Components

This article provides a comprehensive overview of servers, covering their definition, various classification schemes (form factor, CPU architecture, scale, usage, and X86 vs non‑X86), and detailed breakdown of hardware and software components such as CPUs, memory, storage, I/O cards, and management modules.

CPU parametersData CenterHardware Fundamentals
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What Makes a Server Tick? A Deep Dive into Server Architecture and Components
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Mar 19, 2024 · Big Data

How JD’s Mini‑Program Data Center Powers Real‑Time Analytics and Monitoring

JD’s Mini‑Program Data Center integrates data collection, storage, and real‑time analysis using Flink, ClickHouse, and Elasticsearch to provide comprehensive monitoring, user behavior insights, and scalable analytics for mini‑programs across JD’s ecosystem, enabling precise operations and future AI‑driven enhancements.

ClickHouseData CenterElasticsearch
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How JD’s Mini‑Program Data Center Powers Real‑Time Analytics and Monitoring
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Mar 17, 2024 · Industry Insights

Why Hyper‑Converged Infrastructure Beats Traditional VMware + FC SAN: 4 Key Differences

The article compares hyper‑converged infrastructure with the traditional VMware + FC SAN stack, highlighting four architectural differences and showing how hyper‑convergence improves reliability, concurrency performance, scalability, operational simplicity, and total cost of ownership for modern data‑center workloads.

CostData CenterHyper-Converged
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Why Hyper‑Converged Infrastructure Beats Traditional VMware + FC SAN: 4 Key Differences
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Feb 27, 2024 · Operations

How Large Is ByteDance’s Server Infrastructure and Bandwidth?

The article explains ByteDance’s massive data‑center fleet, detailing server counts from 2017 to 2020, estimating total outbound bandwidth in the multi‑terabit range, and describing how CDN, load‑balancing, and multi‑link designs enable billions of users to stream videos simultaneously.

ByteDanceData Centerbandwidth
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How Large Is ByteDance’s Server Infrastructure and Bandwidth?
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Feb 9, 2024 · Industry Insights

Why NVMe‑oF Is Redefining High‑Performance Storage Networks

This article explains how the shift from HDD to ultra‑fast SSDs and NVMe changes storage networking, compares NVMe with legacy SCSI, details NVMe‑oF transport options (FC, TCP, RDMA), examines RDMA variants, and outlines the network requirements and trade‑offs for deploying NVMe‑oF in modern data centers.

Data CenterNVMeNVMe-oF
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Why NVMe‑oF Is Redefining High‑Performance Storage Networks
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Feb 6, 2024 · Industry Insights

How to Evaluate Data Center Compute Power: From Supercomputer Benchmarks to PUE

This article explains the concept of data‑center compute power, reviews mature evaluation methods such as TOP500/FLOPS for supercomputers and SPEC CPU, SPECpower, and MLPerf for conventional servers, introduces the PUE efficiency metric, and summarizes the four core components that together define a data‑center's computing capability.

BenchmarkingCompute powerData Center
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How to Evaluate Data Center Compute Power: From Supercomputer Benchmarks to PUE
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jan 9, 2024 · Industry Insights

Understanding Switches: Types, Architecture, and Market Trends

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Ethernet switches, covering their definition, multiple classification dimensions, typical deployment scenarios in campus, enterprise, and data‑center environments, component composition, the shift from black‑box to white‑box solutions, and the key market drivers and challenges shaping the industry.

Data CenterIndustry InsightsLeaf-Spine
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Understanding Switches: Types, Architecture, and Market Trends
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jan 6, 2024 · Fundamentals

An Overview of Compute Express Link (CXL) Technology: Architecture, Modes, Advantages, and Applications

Compute Express Link (CXL) is a high‑speed serial interconnect that bridges CPUs, accelerators, and memory to deliver higher bandwidth, lower latency, and flexible memory sharing, with detailed explanations of its background, three operational modes, benefits, use cases in data centers, AI, and challenges for implementation.

Artificial IntelligenceCXLCompute Express Link
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An Overview of Compute Express Link (CXL) Technology: Architecture, Modes, Advantages, and Applications
AntTech
AntTech
Jan 3, 2024 · Cloud Native

Ant Group’s Green Computing Technology Recognized for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction

The National Energy Center’s recent green computing evaluation highlighted Ant Group’s innovative cloud‑native scheduling, AI‑driven prediction, and offline mixed‑branch technologies that significantly improve data‑center energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and demonstrate strong promotion value across major enterprises.

Data Centerai-optimizationcloud-native scheduling
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Ant Group’s Green Computing Technology Recognized for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jan 2, 2024 · Industry Insights

Why Switches Are the New Computing Backbone: Definitions, Architectures, and Market Trends

This article examines the global and Chinese switch market size, explains switch definitions and classifications, details hardware components and architectural styles—including Full‑Mesh, Crossbar, and CLOS—covers technical principles, performance metrics, and contrasts with hubs and routers, and explores data‑center and industrial switch deployments and their future challenges.

CLOSData CenterIndustrial Switch
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Why Switches Are the New Computing Backbone: Definitions, Architectures, and Market Trends
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Dec 18, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Evolution and Applications of Data Processing Units (DPUs) in Modern Cloud Computing

The article outlines the four evolutionary stages of network adapters—from traditional NICs to SmartNICs, FPGA‑based DPUs, and single‑chip DPU SoCs—explains their hardware features and offload capabilities, and surveys real‑world DPU deployments in AWS Nitro, Nvidia BlueField, Intel IPU, Alibaba Cloud CIPU, and Volcano Engine, highlighting their impact on data‑center performance, cost, and programmability.

ASICAWS NitroCloud Computing
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Evolution and Applications of Data Processing Units (DPUs) in Modern Cloud Computing
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Nov 1, 2023 · Fundamentals

What Powers Modern Network Switches? From Basics to Data‑Center Architectures

This article explains the definition, classification, hardware components, and various architectures of network switches—including layer‑2/3/4 models, CLOS and Spine‑Leaf designs—while also covering performance metrics, industrial applications, and the switch industry supply chain.

CLOS architectureData CenterIndustrial Switch
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What Powers Modern Network Switches? From Basics to Data‑Center Architectures
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Oct 30, 2023 · Industry Insights

Why Switches Are the New Computing Backbone: Definitions, Architectures, and Market Trends

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of network switches, covering global market size, definitions, classifications, hardware components, architectural styles such as CLOS and Spine‑Leaf, technical principles, performance metrics, data‑center and industrial use cases, and the overall industry supply chain.

CLOSData CenterHardware
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Why Switches Are the New Computing Backbone: Definitions, Architectures, and Market Trends
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Oct 21, 2023 · Operations

Understanding NVMe, NVMe‑oF, and RDMA for High‑Performance Storage

This article explains how the emergence of ultra‑fast SSDs and NVMe reshapes storage architecture, details the NVMe protocol and its extensions over fabrics, compares RDMA‑based transport options such as FC, TCP, and RoCE, and discusses network requirements and performance trade‑offs for modern data‑center deployments.

Data CenterNVMeRDMA
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Understanding NVMe, NVMe‑oF, and RDMA for High‑Performance Storage
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Oct 11, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure Network Team’s Contributions at ECOC 2023: Papers, Tutorial, and Workshop on Optical Data Center Networks

The Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure Network team presented a pioneering paper, a high‑profile tutorial, and a workshop at the 2023 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), showcasing systematic analyses of optical network unavailability, innovative data‑center optical network designs, and multi‑fiber scaling strategies for large‑scale cloud operators.

Data CenterECOC 2023Network Reliability
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Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure Network Team’s Contributions at ECOC 2023: Papers, Tutorial, and Workshop on Optical Data Center Networks
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 27, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

An Overview of Compute Express Link (CXL) Technology: Architecture, Advantages, Applications, and Challenges

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Compute Express Link (CXL), detailing its architecture, three operational modes, performance advantages, diverse applications in data centers, AI and networking, comparisons with PCIe and other interconnects, as well as implementation challenges and potential solutions.

Artificial IntelligenceCXLCompute Express Link
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An Overview of Compute Express Link (CXL) Technology: Architecture, Advantages, Applications, and Challenges
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 12, 2023 · Fundamentals

Rise of ARM Servers in China: Market Share, Trends, and Implications

The recent CITIC Bank procurement reveals that ARM servers now dominate Chinese data‑center purchases, accounting for 77% of server spend, while global ARM server share is growing rapidly despite x86's historic dominance, driven by cost, performance‑per‑watt advantages and geopolitical constraints.

ARMData CenterMarket Analysis
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Rise of ARM Servers in China: Market Share, Trends, and Implications
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Sep 12, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Highlights of the First CCF China Network Conference 2023: AI‑Driven Network Infrastructure and Data Center Innovations

The inaugural CCF China Network Conference held in September 2023 in Wenzhou showcased cutting‑edge AI‑focused networking research, including Alibaba Cloud's Predictable Network and HPN7.0 architecture, AI‑driven network operations, next‑generation data‑center designs, and a collaborative university‑industry network technology challenge.

CCF conferenceCloud ComputingData Center
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Highlights of the First CCF China Network Conference 2023: AI‑Driven Network Infrastructure and Data Center Innovations
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 9, 2023 · Industry Insights

Can NSLB Double AI Training Speed? Inside the 113% Performance Gain Over ECMP

The article analyzes AI‑training traffic patterns, critiques existing flow‑based, flowlet‑based, and packet‑based ECMP load‑balancing, introduces the NSLB solution tailored for AI clusters, and presents experimental results showing up to 113% speed improvement and sub‑millisecond failover with DPFF, while also discussing direct‑topology and intelligent lossless networking techniques.

AI trainingDPFFData Center
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Can NSLB Double AI Training Speed? Inside the 113% Performance Gain Over ECMP
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 6, 2023 · Industry Insights

What Is a DPU and Why It’s the Next Big Chip for Data Centers

The article explains the role of Data Processing Units (DPUs) as the third major data‑center chip after CPUs and GPUs, outlines China Mobile’s DPU‑focused bare‑metal server initiative, and provides links to technical papers and white‑papers that detail DPU architecture, performance benchmarks, and industry trends.

Bare Metal ServerCloud ComputingDPU
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What Is a DPU and Why It’s the Next Big Chip for Data Centers
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 2, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

NVIDIA L40S GPU Overview and Its Impact on Generative AI and Optical Modules

The NVIDIA L40S GPU, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with 48 GB GDDR6 memory and 846 GB/s bandwidth, delivers over 1.45 PFLOPS tensor performance and superior FP16/FP32 efficiency for generative AI training and inference, while its lower power and GDDR6 design may influence demand for mid‑range optical modules in data centers.

Data CenterGPUL40S
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NVIDIA L40S GPU Overview and Its Impact on Generative AI and Optical Modules
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Aug 24, 2023 · Fundamentals

Unveiling Servers: Hands‑On Guide to Types, Hardware, and Key Specs

This article provides a practical overview of physical servers, comparing them with PCs, explaining hardware classifications, internal components, and essential parameters such as brand, model, serial number, and configuration, while highlighting their role in virtualization and data‑center operations.

Data CenterHardwareLinux
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Unveiling Servers: Hands‑On Guide to Types, Hardware, and Key Specs
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Aug 22, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Online Job Scheduling for Low‑Carbon Data Center Operation: An Information‑Energy Nexus Perspective

The award‑winning paper by Alibaba Cloud and North China Electric Power University presents a novel low‑carbon online scheduling strategy for massive heterogeneous workloads in cloud data centers, demonstrating up to 37% energy cost reduction and 14% carbon emission savings through information‑energy coupling and power‑grid coordination.

Cloud ComputingData CenterLow Carbon
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Online Job Scheduling for Low‑Carbon Data Center Operation: An Information‑Energy Nexus Perspective
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Aug 6, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Why Modern Data Centers Are Shifting to Spine‑Leaf and SmartNIC/DPU Architectures

The article explains how traditional three‑tier data‑center networks are evolving to spine‑leaf designs, why multi‑tenant cloud workloads demand off‑loading of security and networking functions, and how SmartNICs and DPUs provide programmable, high‑performance solutions for modern cloud infrastructures.

DPUData CenterNetwork Architecture
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Why Modern Data Centers Are Shifting to Spine‑Leaf and SmartNIC/DPU Architectures
ITPUB
ITPUB
Jul 12, 2023 · Databases

How We Migrated a Multi‑Petabyte Elasticsearch Cluster Across Data Centers Without Downtime

This article details the end‑to‑end process of moving Qunar's massive Elasticsearch logging cluster from a saturated data‑center to a new facility, covering background constraints, migration planning, manual and automated steps, performance‑tuning parameters, shard‑balancing techniques, and the final outcomes achieved.

Cluster MigrationData CenterElasticsearch
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How We Migrated a Multi‑Petabyte Elasticsearch Cluster Across Data Centers Without Downtime
Ziru Technology
Ziru Technology
Jun 30, 2023 · Cloud Computing

How VXLAN Transforms Data Center Networking: Principles and Real-World Deployment

This article explains the background, technical principles, deployment methods, and practical implementation of VXLAN in a large-scale data center, covering its encapsulation over UDP, distributed gateway architecture, MTU considerations, and lessons learned from real-world rollout at Ziroom Technology.

Data CenterDistributed GatewayNetwork Virtualization
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How VXLAN Transforms Data Center Networking: Principles and Real-World Deployment
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jun 8, 2023 · Industry Insights

Why SmartNICs Are Redefining Data Center Performance: 2023 China Industry Report

The 2023 China SmartNIC industry report examines how programmable network cards offload CPU workloads, outlines their classifications, tracks rapid technological evolution, analyzes the supply chain, quantifies market growth to 692 billion CNY by 2026, and evaluates the competitive landscape among emerging vendors.

China MarketDPUData Center
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Why SmartNICs Are Redefining Data Center Performance: 2023 China Industry Report
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
May 19, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Immersion Liquid Cooling Forum on AI Infrastructure: Key Insights and Industry Perspectives

The May 15 Beijing forum gathered experts from leading tech firms and research institutes to discuss immersion liquid cooling as a vital solution for AI infrastructure's growing compute and thermal challenges, presenting current trends, technical designs, material research, and future sustainable development directions.

AI infrastructureData Centerimmersion cooling
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Immersion Liquid Cooling Forum on AI Infrastructure: Key Insights and Industry Perspectives
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
May 19, 2023 · Operations

How to Properly Install a Huawei Switch in a Data Center

This guide walks you through the complete process of installing a Huawei network switch in a data‑center environment, covering equipment overview, environmental and rack requirements, mounting steps, cable connections, cluster card setup, power‑on checks, and safety precautions.

CablingData CenterHuawei
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How to Properly Install a Huawei Switch in a Data Center
AI Cyberspace
AI Cyberspace
May 13, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Mastering VxLAN: From Fundamentals to Advanced EVPN Integration

This article provides a comprehensive guide to VxLAN technology, covering its architecture, tunneling mechanisms, NVE/VTEP roles, L2/L3 gateway designs, MTU considerations, and the integration of EVPN MP‑BGP with detailed explanations of route types and deployment scenarios.

Data CenterEVPNNetwork Virtualization
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Mastering VxLAN: From Fundamentals to Advanced EVPN Integration
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Apr 25, 2023 · Operations

Liquid Cooling Solutions for Data Center Energy Efficiency: Bilibili's Practice

Bilibili’s next‑generation data center replaces traditional air‑cooling with a hybrid liquid‑cooling system—combining water‑cooled chillers, indirect evaporative cooling, magnetic‑levitation pumps and cold‑plate modules—to raise inlet temperatures, cut fan power, achieve PUE below 1.15, and demonstrate greener, cost‑effective operation while shaping industry standards.

Data CenterInfrastructurePUE
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Liquid Cooling Solutions for Data Center Energy Efficiency: Bilibili's Practice
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Mar 20, 2023 · Fundamentals

Dragonfly Network Topology and Routing Algorithms for High‑Performance Data Centers

The article explains the Dragonfly network topology, its hierarchical structure, key parameters, routing algorithms (Minimal, Non‑Minimal, UGAL variants) and deadlock avoidance techniques, highlighting how modern data‑center networks address latency bottlenecks in high‑performance computing environments.

Data CenterDragonflyHigh‑Performance Computing
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Dragonfly Network Topology and Routing Algorithms for High‑Performance Data Centers
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Mar 13, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba Cloud Showcases Optical Network Innovations at OFC 2023

At the 48th Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) in March 2023, Alibaba Cloud presented a series of breakthrough research papers and keynote talks on open optical networking, multimode fiber performance, fast optical switching, and future data‑center interconnect architectures, highlighting its leadership in cloud‑native optical technologies.

Data CenterNetwork PerformanceOFC 2023
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Alibaba Cloud Showcases Optical Network Innovations at OFC 2023
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Feb 22, 2023 · Industry Insights

What’s Driving the Rise of Immersion Liquid‑Cooling in Smart Computing?

The 2023 Immersion Liquid‑Cooling Smart Computing Summit in Quzhou gathered leading firms like Alibaba Cloud, OPPO and ODCC to showcase nine new research results, discuss standards, share expert insights on architecture, signal integrity and power design, and outline the future of green, high‑performance data‑center infrastructure.

Alibaba CloudData CenterIndustry Forum
0 likes · 9 min read
What’s Driving the Rise of Immersion Liquid‑Cooling in Smart Computing?
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Feb 16, 2023 · Industry Insights

Why Alibaba’s DAC Strategy Revolutionized Data Center Networking

This article analyzes how Alibaba’s large‑scale deployment of Direct Attach Cables (DAC) transformed data‑center physical networking by cutting costs, reducing power consumption, improving reliability and latency, and driving architectural innovations that address past adoption barriers and future challenges.

AOCAlibabaDAC
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Why Alibaba’s DAC Strategy Revolutionized Data Center Networking
Top Architect
Top Architect
Jan 4, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Diskless Architecture for Modern Data Centers: Challenges, Technologies, and Industry Practices

The article outlines the evolution of data‑center architectures, identifies capacity, efficiency, and performance challenges of traditional storage‑compute models, and presents the emerging Diskless architecture—leveraging DPU, CXL, RDMA, and high‑throughput networking—to achieve decoupled, pool‑based resources and improve overall data‑center utilization.

CXLComputeDPU
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Diskless Architecture for Modern Data Centers: Challenges, Technologies, and Industry Practices
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Dec 22, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Evolution of Alibaba Cloud’s Fundamental Network Architecture and the Development of AliNOS

The article traces Alibaba Cloud’s large‑scale data‑center network evolution, explains the motivations behind its self‑developed white‑box platforms, details the design and growth of the AliNOS network operating system built on SONiC, and discusses current capabilities and future challenges such as routing, IPv6, SRv6, and endpoint‑network integration.

AliNOSAlibaba CloudCloud Networking
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Evolution of Alibaba Cloud’s Fundamental Network Architecture and the Development of AliNOS
Tencent Tech
Tencent Tech
Dec 21, 2022 · Cloud Computing

How Tencent’s HARP Protocol Powers 10,000‑Node Networks with Zero Downtime

Tencent Cloud’s self‑developed HARP protocol delivers ultra‑high‑performance, highly available and scalable data‑center networking, supporting over 10,000 nodes, microsecond‑level fault recovery, and up to 200 Gbps throughput, making it ideal for AI training, storage and big‑data workloads.

Data CenterHARP
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How Tencent’s HARP Protocol Powers 10,000‑Node Networks with Zero Downtime
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Dec 20, 2022 · Cloud Computing

HARP – Tencent Cloud's High‑Performance, Highly Available Network Transmission Protocol

HARP is Tencent Cloud's high-performance, highly available network transmission protocol that quickly reroutes around switch failures within 100 µs, offering zero packet loss, low latency, high bandwidth, scalable connections, and custom congestion control for storage, HPC, AI, and big data workloads.

Congestion ControlData CenterHARP
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HARP – Tencent Cloud's High‑Performance, Highly Available Network Transmission Protocol
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Dec 16, 2022 · Operations

Evolution of Bilibili Public Network Architecture: From 1.0 to 2.0 and CDN Integration

To support Bilibili’s 330 million MAU growth, the network team replaced the static, single‑core 1.0 public‑network with a regionalized, SLA‑driven 2.0 architecture featuring centralized POPs, dual‑arm LB/NAT, clustered services, security gateways, and a multi‑level CDN backbone that reduces latency, improves reliability, and cuts bandwidth costs.

BilibiliCDNData Center
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Evolution of Bilibili Public Network Architecture: From 1.0 to 2.0 and CDN Integration
Aikesheng Open Source Community
Aikesheng Open Source Community
Dec 14, 2022 · Databases

Understanding User and Role Management in Cassandra Clusters Across Data Centers

This article explains how Cassandra clusters organize nodes, racks, and data centers, describes the gossip and snitch protocols, token ring architecture, replication strategies, and provides step‑by‑step commands to create, list, and delete users and roles while highlighting cross‑data‑center visibility constraints and common errors.

CQLCassandraData Center
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Understanding User and Role Management in Cassandra Clusters Across Data Centers
Tencent Architect
Tencent Architect
Dec 9, 2022 · Operations

TencentOS Data Center Resource and Energy Management Technologies

This article presents a comprehensive overview of TencentOS’s evolution and its data‑center resource and energy management techniques, covering the OS’s mission for economic and green operation, resource utilization metrics (UTE, QOS, ROI), current management technologies, energy‑aware scheduling, performance results, and future development directions.

Data CenterQoSServer
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TencentOS Data Center Resource and Energy Management Technologies
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Nov 27, 2022 · Cloud Computing

VXLAN Overview and Its Applications in Data Center and Campus Networks

This article explains the limitations of traditional data‑center networking for server virtualization, introduces VXLAN as an overlay VPN solution, describes its core components and tunnel mechanisms, and demonstrates how VXLAN is applied in cloud‑campus architectures with centralized and distributed gateway designs.

Cloud ComputingData CenterNetwork Virtualization
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VXLAN Overview and Its Applications in Data Center and Campus Networks
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Nov 23, 2022 · Fundamentals

Understanding EOR, MOR, and TOR Data Center Network Architectures

This article explains the rectangular layout of data‑center server rooms, the POD concept, and compares three common access‑switch architectures—EOR, MOR, and TOR—detailing their physical placement, cabling advantages, and suitability for modern high‑density, cloud‑driven environments.

Data CenterEORMOR
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Understanding EOR, MOR, and TOR Data Center Network Architectures
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Nov 5, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Highlights of the 2022 China Cloud Computing Infrastructure Summit – Launch of Alibaba Cloud Pangu 2.0 and Expert Insights on Smart Computing Infrastructure

The 2022 China Cloud Computing Infrastructure Summit showcased the debut of Alibaba Cloud Pangu 2.0 and featured a series of expert presentations covering data‑center airflow simulation, AI‑driven compute demands, innovative server and storage technologies, high‑performance networking, and smart‑data‑center operations, concluding with a forward‑looking round‑table on intelligent computing.

Alibaba CloudArtificial IntelligenceData Center
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Highlights of the 2022 China Cloud Computing Infrastructure Summit – Launch of Alibaba Cloud Pangu 2.0 and Expert Insights on Smart Computing Infrastructure
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Nov 3, 2022 · Fundamentals

Rapid Growth and Technical Overview of 10‑Gigabit Ethernet Deployment

Since the IEEE 802.3ae standard was approved in 2002, 10‑Gigabit Ethernet has expanded dramatically due to falling port prices, new fiber technologies, rising bandwidth demands, and its ability to support high‑performance data center, storage, and clustering applications, making it a key networking solution today.

10GbEData CenterEthernet
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Rapid Growth and Technical Overview of 10‑Gigabit Ethernet Deployment
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Oct 27, 2022 · Operations

How to Accurately Size UPS and Cooling for Data Center Power Efficiency

This article explains how to calculate data‑center floor area, select appropriate UPS capacity, determine cooling load, estimate total power consumption, and plan space requirements, providing practical formulas and guidelines for efficient and reliable data‑center operation.

Data CenterPUEPower Consumption
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How to Accurately Size UPS and Cooling for Data Center Power Efficiency
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Oct 24, 2022 · Fundamentals

Ethernet Switches: Functions, Classifications, Market Landscape, and Technical Insights

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Ethernet switches, covering their core functions, classification by scope, speed and application, detailed operation principles, market size and growth trends, switch chip technology, white‑box solutions, and the leading vendors' market shares worldwide.

Data CenterEthernet SwitchMarket Analysis
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Ethernet Switches: Functions, Classifications, Market Landscape, and Technical Insights
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Sep 23, 2022 · Industry Insights

How Alibaba’s µFAB and Solar Redefine Predictable High‑Performance Data Center Networks

This article analyzes Alibaba Cloud’s µFAB and Solar research papers from SIGCOMM 2022, explaining why predictable high‑performance networks are needed, how the two designs achieve bandwidth and latency guarantees through network transparency and host‑network co‑ordination, and presenting theoretical and experimental results that demonstrate significant performance gains.

Cloud InfrastructureData CenterNetwork Performance
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How Alibaba’s µFAB and Solar Redefine Predictable High‑Performance Data Center Networks
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Sep 21, 2022 · Fundamentals

Alibaba Cloud Presents Two ECOC 2022 Papers on SONiC‑Based White‑Box Optical Network OS and Flexible‑Grid Spectrum Optimization

Alibaba Cloud's infrastructure network team showcased two ECOC 2022 papers describing a pioneering SONiC‑based white‑box optical transport operating system and a hitless flexible‑grid spectrum‑fragment optimization method, highlighting open‑source advances, energy‑saving potential, and ongoing collaboration with the research community.

Data CenterECOCFlexible Grid
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Alibaba Cloud Presents Two ECOC 2022 Papers on SONiC‑Based White‑Box Optical Network OS and Flexible‑Grid Spectrum Optimization
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Aug 18, 2022 · Cloud Computing

NVIDIA BlueField DPU Series: Architecture, Features, and Ecosystem Overview

The article provides a comprehensive overview of NVIDIA's BlueField DPU series—including BlueField‑2,‑3, and‑4—detailing their high‑performance architecture, network, security, and storage capabilities, as well as the DOCA development ecosystem that enables programmable acceleration for modern cloud data‑center workloads.

BlueFieldCloud ComputingDPU
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NVIDIA BlueField DPU Series: Architecture, Features, and Ecosystem Overview
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Aug 5, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba Cloud's Panjiu Predictable Network: High‑Performance Architecture and Core Technologies

The article introduces Alibaba Cloud's self‑developed Panjiu Predictable Network, detailing its high‑performance dual‑plane clos architecture, end‑to‑end integration of switches, NICs, and the Solar‑RDMA protocol, as well as the NUSA service platform that enables automated, reliable, and scalable data‑center networking.

Alibaba CloudData CenterSolar-RDMA
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Alibaba Cloud's Panjiu Predictable Network: High‑Performance Architecture and Core Technologies
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 3, 2022 · Operations

Record Heat Waves Cripple Global Data Centers and Cloud Services

Extreme summer temperatures across the globe have forced major cloud providers like Google and Oracle to shut down servers, caused runway meltings in the UK, triggered heat‑related health crises, and highlighted the vulnerability of data‑center cooling systems to unprecedented heat waves.

Cloud ComputingData CenterOperations
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Record Heat Waves Cripple Global Data Centers and Cloud Services
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Jul 29, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Bilibili Data Center Network Design and Evolution (DCN V1.0 to V3.0)

Bilibili's network team designed and evolved its data‑center fabric from a stacked Layer‑2 V1.0 architecture through an M‑LAG EBGP‑based V2.0 design to a uniform box‑type V3.0 deployment, achieving greater stability, scalability, cost efficiency, and operational simplicity via extensive ARP, LACP, DHCP, hash, and BGP optimizations.

BGPDCNData Center
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Bilibili Data Center Network Design and Evolution (DCN V1.0 to V3.0)
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 12, 2022 · Operations

Data Center Interconnect (DCI): Concepts, Drivers, and VXLAN‑Based Solutions

The article explains what a data center is, why interconnecting multiple data centers has become essential for scale, cross‑region access, disaster recovery, and cloud‑native virtualization, and compares two VXLAN‑based DCI architectures—end‑to‑end VXLAN and segment VXLAN—along with the key underlying technologies.

Cloud ComputingDCIData Center
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Data Center Interconnect (DCI): Concepts, Drivers, and VXLAN‑Based Solutions
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jun 29, 2022 · Fundamentals

VXLAN vs MPLS: Why VXLAN Is Gaining Preference in Metro and Wide‑Area Networks

The article compares VXLAN and MPLS, explaining their underlying virtualization concepts, cost and operational differences, and demonstrates why VXLAN is increasingly favored over MPLS for metro‑area and wide‑area network deployments due to lower hardware costs, simpler engineering, and flexible overlay capabilities.

Data CenterMPLSMetro WAN
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VXLAN vs MPLS: Why VXLAN Is Gaining Preference in Metro and Wide‑Area Networks
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jun 27, 2022 · Fundamentals

What Is a SmartNIC? Features, Benefits, Types, and Future Outlook

The article explains what a SmartNIC (intelligent network interface card) is, how it differs from traditional NICs, its computing off‑load capabilities for networking, storage, and security, the problems it solves, various types, limitations, and its growing role in modern data‑center architectures.

Data CenterNetwork Interface CardOffload
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What Is a SmartNIC? Features, Benefits, Types, and Future Outlook
Shopee Tech Team
Shopee Tech Team
Jun 23, 2022 · Backend Development

ShopeePay Multi-Active Data Center Architecture and Unitization Strategy

ShopeePay replaces its traditional active‑standby design with a unit‑based multi‑active data‑center architecture—splitting user, public, and order data across independent units, employing routing tables, caches, and a dual‑active model that enables seamless failover, reduced latency, and continuous payment processing across two or more IDC sites.

Data CenterDatabase ReplicationShopeePay
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ShopeePay Multi-Active Data Center Architecture and Unitization Strategy