Qunar Tech Salon

Apr 26, 2016 · Databases

Distributed Transaction and Data Consistency Solutions for E‑commerce Systems

The article examines the challenges of maintaining data consistency across distributed services in e‑commerce, explains strong, weak and eventual consistency models, and presents six practical solutions—including business integration, the eBay BASE pattern, Qunar, Mogujie, Alipay DTS, and Nongxin—highlighting how local transactions, idempotent messaging, and eventual consistency can replace heavyweight distributed‑transaction frameworks.