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Kuaishou Big Data

Oct 28, 2021 · Big Data

How Kuaishou Cut Object Storage Costs by 50% with LRC Erasure Coding

Kuaishou reduced half of its massive object storage expenses by redesigning its architecture to use HBase indexing, HDFS large‑file storage, MemoryCache, and a cross‑IDC LRC erasure‑coding warm layer that maintains disaster‑recovery while dynamically moving data from hot to warm to cold tiers.