The document discusses the architecture of eBay's platform. It describes how eBay has scaled to support over 212 million registered users and handle over 1 billion page views per day. Some key points discussed are:
- eBay's architecture has evolved over time through several major versions to support exponential growth and handle over 300 new features per quarter.
- The data tier is horizontally scaled across multiple databases segmented by functional areas and further split. Application and search components are also horizontally scaled.
- Asynchronous integration, stateless applications, and caching are used to improve scalability. Strict separation of tiers and partitioning of code supports parallel development.
- Automated processes are used for code deployment, monitoring, and rollbacks to