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Baidu Intelligent Cloud Tech Hub
Baidu Intelligent Cloud Tech Hub
Sep 24, 2026 · Databases

Baidu Canghai: Unified MetaDB & Aries Foundation for Object, File & Block Storage

Baidu's Canghai storage evolves from siloed per-product systems to a unified architecture with MetaDB (distributed transactional metadata database) and Aries (scalable Blob KV data plane with online EC), using directory-aware sharding, conflict merging, Mantle path resolution, and hybrid EC/three-replica adaptation to support object, file, and block storage on one foundation.

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Baidu Canghai: Unified MetaDB & Aries Foundation for Object, File & Block Storage
Baidu Intelligent Cloud Tech Hub
Baidu Intelligent Cloud Tech Hub
Aug 27, 2026 · Big Data

PFS L3 Architecture Deep Dive: Redesigning Parallel File Storage for AI Production Workloads

Baidu's PFS L3 rearchitects parallel file storage for AI production loads with a hybrid data engine (Aries + BlockServer), scalable metadata foundation (MetaDB), high-performance client (RapidFC), RDMA network tuning, transparent tiering to object storage, and AgenticFS for multi-tenant Agent workloads, proven in RL training saving 30k GPU-hours weekly.

AI storageAgenticFSAries
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PFS L3 Architecture Deep Dive: Redesigning Parallel File Storage for AI Production Workloads