Alibaba Cloud Tablestore

Alibaba Cloud Tablestore (OTS) is a fully managed, highly scalable NoSQL database service designed for massive structured and semi-structured data. It provides high concurrency, low latency access, and strong consistency, making it suitable for applications requiring high-performance data…

Key facts

First appeared
2015
Category
technology
Problem solved
Alibaba Cloud Tablestore was created to address the challenges of managing and accessing massive datasets generated by Alibaba Group's rapidly expanding e-commerce (Taobao, Tmall), logistics (Cainiao), and financial services, especially during peak traffic events like the Double 11 Global Shopping Festival. Traditional relational databases struggled with the extreme scale, high concurrency, and low-latency requirements for operations like user profiles, order tracking, and real-time analytics. It provided a reliable, scalable, and operationally efficient solution for these workloads.
Platforms
Alibaba Cloud

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Notable users

  • IoT solution providers on Alibaba Cloud
  • Alibaba Group (Taobao, Tmall, Cainiao, Alipay)
  • Companies utilizing Alibaba Cloud for e-commerce
  • Gaming companies on Alibaba Cloud
  • Fintech companies on Alibaba Cloud