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BigBasket: Cash the Cache - How BigBasket uses Aerospike

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Nanda Kishore of BigBasket, at Aerospike Summit 2022, outlined BigBasket's journey using Aerospike to power its leading Indian online grocery platform. He detailed their 11-node Aerospike clusters handling billions of objects and high read/write loads with low latency, emphasizing key use cases and operational learnings.Key highlights:

  • Scalability & Performance: 11-node clusters handle billions of objects, 140k reads/sec, 20k writes/sec, with sub-1ms P99 latency.

  • Use Cases: Primary cache, model caching via ORM integration, and Geo-JSON for address serviceability.

  • Operational Insights: Learned from network-related outages due to traffic surges, emphasizing comprehensive monitoring.

  • Future Asks: Desired features include faster warm starts, on-demand namespace creation, hot key visibility, and ARM64 support.

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Nanda Kishore
Architect, BigBasket