Kimball methodology

Baidu Geek Talk

Nov 24, 2021 · Big Data

Building Big Data Infrastructure at Baidu Aifanfan: Architecture Practices and Lessons Learned

At Baidu Aifanfan, the data team built a unified real‑time and offline big‑data platform—leveraging Watt, Bigpipe, Fengge, AFS and Palo within Lambda/Kappa patterns and a fast‑slow parallel rollout—that cut OLAP query latency from 18 minutes to under 15 seconds, enabled self‑service analytics, and standardized metrics across 15 agile teams.