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Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
May 24, 2024 · Cloud Native

Adopting a Shrink‑Then‑Expand Deployment Model to Improve Release Efficiency in a Large‑Scale Travel Platform

This article analyzes the release‑time bottlenecks of a core travel platform after the post‑COVID traffic surge and presents a shrink‑then‑expand deployment strategy combined with physical‑machine container deployment, evaluating several open‑source solutions and demonstrating significant improvements in release speed, resource cost, and system stability.

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Adopting a Shrink‑Then‑Expand Deployment Model to Improve Release Efficiency in a Large‑Scale Travel Platform
Continuous Delivery 2.0
Continuous Delivery 2.0
Apr 7, 2023 · Operations

When to Release to Production: Distinguishing Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment

The article explains how continuous delivery keeps software always releasable while continuous deployment automates the actual release, discusses the trade‑offs of release frequency, risk, feedback types, and business considerations that guide the decision of when and how to push changes to production.

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When to Release to Production: Distinguishing Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment
Top Architect
Top Architect
Dec 12, 2021 · Operations

Blue‑Green, Rolling, and Canary Deployment Strategies Explained

This article introduces three common release strategies—blue‑green deployment, rolling deployment, and canary (gray) deployment—explaining their workflows, advantages, drawbacks, and practical considerations for safely updating production systems during iterative project releases.

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Blue‑Green, Rolling, and Canary Deployment Strategies Explained
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jul 6, 2021 · Operations

Mastering Release Strategies: Alibaba’s DevOps Playbook for Faster, Safer Deployments

This article surveys common software release strategies—stop‑the‑world, canary, gray/rolling, blue‑green, A/B testing, and traffic‑isolation—detailing their advantages, disadvantages, and ideal scenarios, and then presents Alibaba’s practical best‑practice guide for planning, monitoring, and continuously delivering high‑quality releases.

Blue‑Green deploymentContinuous DeploymentOperations
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Mastering Release Strategies: Alibaba’s DevOps Playbook for Faster, Safer Deployments