Bilibili Object Storage Service (BOSS) Design: Building a Large-Scale Distributed Storage System in 13 Days
In just 13 days Bilibili transformed a simple MySQL‑based S3 prototype into the BOSS distributed object storage system by separating metadata and data, adding an RPC abstraction layer, implementing two‑level sharding, switching to RocksDB, and deploying a three‑replica, multi‑zone high‑availability architecture.