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Youku Technology

Sep 4, 2019 · Backend Development

Technical Deep Dive of Youku Media Asset Platform: Storage, Search, and Data Aggregation

The article details Youku’s new media‑asset platform, which replaces a fragmented MySQL‑based system with a domain‑driven entity model stored in Ali‑HBase, leverages Elasticsearch for flexible front‑and back‑end search, and adds an aggregation layer that unifies diverse data sources and reusable computation tasks, delivering high‑availability, low‑latency service for billions of daily API calls.