This article presents an overview of data governance concepts, common enterprise challenges, and Alibaba's comprehensive data governance framework, covering theory, demand layers, practical solutions for stability, quality, standards, security, cost control, and the supporting platforms and operational practices.
This article details Youzan's end‑to‑end construction of a unified data‑center cost billing system, covering background goals, multi‑type cost support, SDK‑based information collection, cost quantification for offline, real‑time and platform tools, full‑business coverage, multi‑dimensional analysis models, operational rollout, and future plans.
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.
