Virtualization at Scale in Alibaba Cloud - Keynote

Explore how Alibaba built China's top virtualization cluster and gain insights into the future of cloud computing in this keynote address by Hong Tang, Chief Architect at Alibaba Cloud. Delve into the development of Apsara, Alibaba Cloud's large-scale computational engine, and learn about planet-scale infrastructure and hyper-scale cloud operating systems. Discover key design highlights of Apsara, including virtualization techniques, mixing latency-sensitive and batch workloads, server virtualization, and hypervisor hot upgrades. Examine Alibaba Cloud's approach to containers and scalable container services. Gain valuable perspective on future directions in cloud computing from an industry leader with extensive experience in high-performance computing, distributed systems, and large-scale Internet services.

Intro
Apsara: A brief History
Planet-scale Infrastructure
Apsara: A Hyper-scale Cloud Operating System
Apsara Design Highlights
Apsara 5K
Virtualization in General
Mixing Latency-sensitive (LS) and Batch Workload
Server Virtualization
Hypervisor Hot Upgrade
Alibaba Cloud Loves Containers
Scalable Container Service on Cloud
Ideas of Future Directions