Regarding the rumors about the cooperation between Alibaba Cloud and the 12306 train ticket booking website, Alibaba Cloud confirmed on the 16th that it did provide technical assistance to 12306 and was responsible for undertaking 75% of the remaining ticket query traffic of the 12306 website. Regarding the specific details of the cooperation, Alibaba Cloud said that it will be announced later.
What does the remaining ticket inquiry service mean for 12306? According to relevant technical experts, to purchase tickets in 12306, it is necessary to complete three links: "asking" tickets (querying), "booking" tickets (placing orders), and "paying" money (payment). In the past, "ask", "order" and "pay" were all completed together with 12306. However, due to the excessive number of ticket buyers for the Spring Festival, even if there are no tickets, the ticket buyers are not willing to refresh the page repeatedly to check the remaining tickets. As a result, the "ask" link alone accounts for more than 90% of the service volume of the 12306 system, and too many visits can easily cause the 12306 system to crash.
How does Alibaba Cloud help 12306? According to reports, Alibaba Cloud undertakes more than 75% of the remaining ticket query traffic, that is to say, Alibaba Cloud undertakes most of the "ask" services. After confirming that there are tickets available, complete the booking and payment on 12306, thus reducing the pressure on 12306. Because of the use of elastic expansion cloud computing technology, Alibaba Cloud's reception capacity can be expanded and reduced instantly, although it is difficult to achieve 100% technical guarantee, but the system failure rate will be significantly reduced.
It is reported that since 2013, Alibaba Cloud has provided some technical support to the 12306 website. The remaining ticket query project announced this time is the first public sub-project of Alibaba Cloud to assist 12306.
Posted on 1/18/2015 10:11:05 AM
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