The Force Multitenant Architecture（力多租户架构）.pdf

WHITEPAPER The F Multitenant Architecture Understanding the Design of S’s Internet Application Development Platform WHITEPAPER Contents Abstract 2 Introduction 2 Multitenant Applications 2 Comparing Raw Cloud Computing and PaaS 3 Metadata-Driven Architectures 3 New Challenges and Emerging Solutions 4 F Platform Architecture Overview 4 F Data Definition and Storage 5 The Objects Metadata Table 5 The Fields Metadata Table 5 The Data Table 5 The Clobs Table 6 The Indexes Pivot Table 6 The UniqueFields Pivot Table 7 The Relationships Pivot Table 7 The FallbackIndex Table 7 The NameDenorm Table 7 History Tracking Table 7 Partitioning of Data and Metadata8 Application Development, Logic, and Processing 8 The Application Framework 8 Metadata and Web Services APIs 9 Bulk Processing with API Calls 9 Deletes, Undeletes, and The Recycle Bin 10 Data Definition Processing10 Internal Query Optimizations 11 F Full-Text Search Engine 11 Apex 12 Historical Statistics 13 Conclusions 14 The F Multitenant Architecture: Understanding the Design of S’s Internet Application Development Platform 1 WHITEPAPER Abstract F is the preeminent on-demand application development platform in use today, supporting some 47,000+ organizations. Individual enterprises and commercial software-as-a- service (SaaS) vendors trust the platform to deliver robust, reliable, Internet-scale applications. To meet the extreme demands of its large user population, F’s foundation is a metadata- driven software architecture that enables multitenant applications. This paper explains the patented technology that makes the F platform fast, scalable, and secure for any type of application. Introduction an increasing number of applications are History has shown that every so often,