Alibaba Cloud Big Data AI Platform

Aug 7, 2025 · Operations

How Alibaba Scales Flink to Millions of Cores: Real‑Time Ops Secrets

This article details Alibaba's decade‑long evolution of its real‑time computing platform, the massive operational challenges of managing Flink clusters at million‑core scale, and the comprehensive strategies—including SLA metrics, self‑healing services, cloud‑native redesign, and job‑level advisory tools—used to ensure stability, cost efficiency, and performance during peak events like Double‑11.