It started out as a developer cloud project in 2012, but today, eBay's OpenStack-based private cloud is a multi-tenant, multi-region, self-service cloud that hosts the company's customer-facing business-critical applications and the platforms its developers use.18 Jun 2014
Is eBay a database?
eBay currently runs over 3,000 non-relational database instances powering a range of applications, managing multiple petabytes of data between them. In the past Oracle was the System of Record, while the non-relational databases handled transient data used in “systems of engagement”.26 Sept 2017
Where are eBay servers?
eBay's primary servers have been located in Phoenix, the Salt Lake City area, and across Nevada. But the company is moving towards a Point of Presence (PoP) strategy, deploying physical infrastructure across the U.S. to be closer to end users known as the edge.28 Jan 2019
How many servers does it take to run eBay?
With the exception of the search function, everything about eBay can actually run on approximately 50 servers -- Web servers, application servers and data-storage systems. Each server has between six and 12 microprocessors.15 Nov 2005
Where are eBay data centers?
The core ones include eBay-built and operated data centers in Phoenix; Sandy and South Jordan, Utah (both just outside of Salt Lake City); as well as facilities leased from Switch in Las Vegas and outside of Reno, Nevada.8 Sept 2018
Does eBay have its own servers?
As part of an ambitious three-year effort to replatform and modernize our backend infrastructure, eBay is announcing our own custom-designed servers, built by eBay, for eBay. With 175 million active users and over 1.1 billion live listings on eBay, the infrastructure needed to manage our global marketplace is massive.
Does eBay use AWS?
Online marketplace eBay runs one of its most crucial workloads its website on an OpenStack private cloud platform developed by itself. Three years ago, eBay's website was operated fully in its on-premises datacentre infrastructure. “Today, 95% of eBay marketplace traffic is powered by our OpenStack cloud.18 Jun 2014
Does eBay use Google cloud?
eBay has more than one billion live listings at any given moment across the 200 countries it operates in. Last year eBay assembled a team of engineers and within five months “went from nothing to the entire one billion live listings of eBay running in Google Cloud Platform”.9 Mar 2017