Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1769 Website Architecture

Cheng Binghao took Zhou Buqi to Jingdong this time, just to let him come forward to solve this problem.

Because JD.com's technical level is really backward, it is impossible to improve JD.com's entire framework system in the short term. However, the domestic e-commerce market is developing very fast, and it is impossible to allow JD.com too long to improve.

JD.com made a decision to purchase directly from Oracle.

In the car, Cheng Binghao gave a simple explanation, "JD.com has a problem with its website structure. They use a lot of .NET technology. Today's large websites generally use Linux and Java."

"Huh?" Although Zhou Buqi didn't understand, he vaguely heard someone mention it, "It seems that the Japanese Jingtao and the Korean version of Jingtao both use the .NET you mentioned, and you have to pay Microsoft a licensing fee."

Cheng Binghao said with a smile: "Yes, .NET belongs to Microsoft, and you need to pay a certain authorization fee to use it, and all kinds of modifications and adjustments are very dependent on Microsoft. It is reasonable for Jingtao to use .NET, don't look at Microsoft's authorization fee, However, Microsoft is responsible for the overall operation of this entire system, which is relatively closed. For users, it has fewer loopholes, simple maintenance, and easier operation. In the e-commerce market in Korea and Japan, the traffic is not high, and the total cost of using .NET solutions will increase. lower."

Zhou Buqi understood, "The .NET solution is easy to maintain, but its scalability is not enough, so it is not suitable for large websites."

"Yes, that's what it means!"

Cheng Binghao was very touched.

He is the founding father and first CTO of Ziwei Star. Later, his technology could not keep up, so he retired to the second line and became the dean of Ziwei Star Engineering Institute.

He vaguely remembered that Boss Xiao Zhou back then was technically illiterate and basically knew nothing.It's different now, he can basically follow the train of thought by simply introducing a few words by himself.

This is much more powerful than ordinary programmers, this is the architectural level.

Many engineers in the IT industry are proficient in computer languages ​​such as C, Java, and C++, but this is only the bottom layer of the industry.If you want to develop from an "engineer" to a "scientist", you must start as an architect.

The so-called architect is the architecture system.

Just like building a house, small workers pull bricks and cement, big workers lay bricks and lay steel bars, and architects... are equivalent to the chief designer of the entire real estate. They don't do any hard work, but they can be condescending.

Whether a real estate is good or not depends on a comprehensive design done by the chief designer. If the design fails, all the efforts of the workers will be in vain.

JD.com's current trouble is that it lacked technical knowledge in the early stage, and did not find enough good architects to build the website, which led to the current dilemma.

Cheng Binghao said: "The architecture systems of Linux and Java are often open source solutions, free of charge, and more scalable, able to adapt to the latest distributed solutions."

If there are advantages, there must be disadvantages. Zhou Buqi can basically guess, "The disadvantage is that the system is too large and it is too difficult to maintain. In the past, the .NET system could be operated well by recruiting a group of ordinary technicians. If the operation is more complicated open source solutions, you need to recruit a large number of senior engineers."

Cheng Binghao paused, "It's not quite accurate, but it's about the same. The meaning is correct. The technology of the Internet is developing very fast. The way is to buy better servers. This has increased cost pressures, and it is not the mainstream practice of Internet companies in today's era. Cloud computing has become popular, and Internet companies are now beginning to reject high-quality servers with high prices. The server, through the system, parallel and distributed to stimulate the maximum performance of the server."

"Yeah, cloud computing." Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "Isn't Jingdong using Ziwei Cloud?"

"Correct."

"Then why is there still a website crash? Ziweiyun can't solve it?"

"It's still a question of architecture." Cheng Binghao explained simply, "More servers in the cloud can solve some of the problems encountered, but the premise should also be that the system The nature is too large, and it is impossible to split the system into various subsystems to achieve the purpose of horizontal expansion, and it is impossible to add it if you want to. In addition, the system architecture must support distributed, and do some asynchronous services according to your own business conditions , data partitioning, and reduce business coupling and complexity, otherwise even if the server is added, the complexity of the business will not be able to play the maximum role of the server."

Zhou Buqi was a little annoyed, "Speak human!"

Cheng Binghao coughed, thinking that I still think highly of you, and quickly made a metaphor, ".NET is not scalable, it's like...you bought a bunch of calculus textbooks for elementary school students, which is useless , primary school students can’t understand at all. Primary school students have to be trained to become high school students or college students first. However, the architecture of .NET is not scalable, and primary school students will always be primary school students, and there is no room for growth. Although Ziweiyun is a library, it has massive knowledge, but useless.”

Zhou Buqi understood it now, and nodded, "It seems that Jingdong must abandon the previous structure."

Cheng Binghao said: "Yes, the current mainstream is Java. However, it is not easy to switch from .NET to Java. On the one hand, the architecture needs to be changed, and on the other hand, some data formats need to be changed, such as the data of user historical orders. It turns out that The A format is used under .NET, but it needs to be replaced with the B format under Java, and the modification of this data format is very troublesome.”

Zhou Buqi said in a deep voice: "Then we can't wait anymore, change it early and quickly! The Internet is developing so fast, and the data scale is increasing exponentially. The longer the delay, the more data will be accumulated, and the cost of the change will be greater !"

"Well, so JD.com has already acted. They want to spend 1500 million US dollars to directly purchase the related architecture system from Oracle."

"What?"

Zhou Buqi opened his eyes wide, in disbelief.

Cheng Binghao took a deep breath, "Yes, 1500 million US dollars... As far as I know, there is only 3000 million US dollars left in Jingdong's account, and they have to spend half of the cash flow to complete the transformation. Liu Always bold and decisive.”

"There is a fart for decisiveness! 1500 million US dollars? Is it given to Oracle?"

Zhou Buqi felt a little angry.

Depend on!
There is no such thing as playing!

In the previous life, JD.com might only be able to do this, because the technical foundation of the domestic Internet industry was too weak, and it could only purchase high-priced outsourcing projects from Silicon Valley giants.

But this life is different, Zhou Buqi appeared, and Ziweixing appeared!

Ziweixing's Internet technology can be said to be the first in China with its head held high.Even compared to Silicon Valley giants like Oracle, it's not bad.

Even Zhou Buqi believed that Ziweixing should be stronger than Oracle.

Oracle is a software company, not an Internet company at all. In Silicon Valley... Oracle is not popular in the Internet world at all.

Ziweixing also has high-end outsourcing business. The Ziweixing Engineering Institute led by Cheng Binghao has helped domestic IT companies solve many complex system problems in recent years, so that they do not have to spend sky-high prices to find American technology companies to purchase solutions.

Unexpectedly, Jingdong actually wanted to ask outsiders for help.

This old Liu, what is he doing?
Zhou Buqi was very dissatisfied.

No wonder Cheng Binghao reluctantly pulled himself over to Jingdong today. This matter is indeed very important, and he should make this trip.

Cheng Binghao explained, "I talked to Mr. Liu, and he hopes to change it as soon as possible. Oracle has a ready-made website structure, which has served several customers, and the results are very good. We don't have one, and it will take a certain amount of time. Development, and it has not been verified by the market, and the risk is also high.”

"Then you can't send such a large amount of money to foreigners?" Zhou Buqi didn't think it was a suitable reason, so he snorted, "There must be a first time for everything, and the Academy of Engineering must do something about it." !There should be many websites using .NET technology like JD.com? Dangdang is earlier than JD.com, so it should be .NET, right?”

"Correct."

"Isn't that enough? Is it possible that Dangdang will also buy American solutions in the future? If the fat and water don't flow to outsiders, the Academy of Engineering must take care of this matter. It's not a very sophisticated field. It's an e-commerce website. It’s just the structure, what’s the difficulty? Is Ziweixing not as good as Oracle?”

"Oracle's outsourcing business covers the world, has more experience and successful cases, and is easier to gain market trust."

"What trust or not, Jingdong should trust Ziwei Xing most! That's it, this matter is settled like this!"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, domineering and confident.

Before I met Liu Qiangdong, I already made a decision for him.

JD.com cannot find Oracle to cooperate.

If you want to change the structure of the website, ask Ziweixing Engineering Institute for help!

Oracle will be a fart!
They don't understand China at all.

Zhou Buqi's judgment is accurate and practical.

The level of e-commerce in the United States is quite high, but how many e-commerce people are there in the United States?An e-commerce platform that can operate well and stably in the United States will not work at all in China.

Different countries have different national conditions.

The population in the country is too large, and the most urgent problem to be solved is high concurrency.In this regard, it is impossible to think of relying on the help of the Americans, and they cannot do it either.

Still have to find a way to solve it.

In the previous life, Jingdong spent a lot of money to purchase Oracle's system, but the cooperation was not smooth, so I still had to find a team and do it myself.

This is not bad.

After all, JD.com is also considered an Internet company and has certain Internet genes.

Even worse is Suning.

Suning wanted to transform into an e-commerce company, so it suffered a great crime, because it lacked Internet genes and lacked industry understanding... There was no other way, and it could only follow industry practice and seek help from Silicon Valley giants.

Suning found IBM and signed a 10-year strategic cooperation agreement with a total cost of 4 million US dollars!
Suning.com actually doesn’t have much traffic, far worse than Tmall and JD.com.

But even so, Suning's ultra-high traffic has made IBM's team dumbfounded. They have never received such a large project with ultra-high concurrency. other domestic platforms.

Zhou Buqi is now the big boss of globalization.

In his eyes, Jingdong, Suning, Tmall, and Dangdang are all about the same, and they are all his own.

How can I watch my own people being cheated by the Americans?

(End of this chapter)