Building a Resilient, Autonomous, and Efficient Lightweight Cloud to Enable Data-Driven Finance

Since 2021, Jiangsu Su Merchants Bank has been continuously upgrading its infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of data-driven finance. The bank adopted a “scenario-driven, step-by-step” approach to build its data finance cloud foundation and has deepened its partnership with SmartX, gradually achieving a modernized infrastructure transformation:

• Pilot Verification Stage: Conduct single-point technical validation in non-core business scenarios to confirm architectural feasibility.
• Scale Expansion Stage: Gradually extend to multiple business scenarios to achieve scalable support.
• Full-Scale Implementation Stage: Build a unified cloud foundation covering production, development/testing, office, operations, and disaster recovery.

Currently, the cluster exceeds 600+ nodes, breaking data silos and forming a highly resilient, highly available, and sustainably evolvable infrastructure system.

SmartX ECP, integrating SmartX native ELF virtualization and self-developed ZBS distributed storage, demonstrates significant architectural advantages:

1. Extreme Lightweight and Resource Pooling

   • No dedicated control nodes: Decentralized management eliminates single points of failure and maximizes computing resources.
   • Hardware-software decoupling: Supports heterogeneous deployment, effectively reuses existing hardware, significantly reduces TCO, and aligns with green finance trends.

2. Agile Operations and Autonomous Control

   • Full lifecycle control: The bank team independently completes deployment, upgrades, and operations, shortening maintenance windows and ensuring business continuity.
   • Standardized operations: Builds automated operational capabilities via standardized toolchains, strengthening the data security framework.

3. Elastic Scalability and Business Enablement

   • Linear scalability: Smooth expansion allows dynamic resource adjustment without business interruption, meeting AI and big data demands.
   • Unified cloud foundation: Provides consistent IaaS support for core transactions, big data, and innovative applications, accelerating time-to-market.

Looking ahead, Jiangsu Su Merchants Bank will continue to collaborate with SmartX to further enhance its lightweight cloud foundation, focusing on two main goals: monetizing data assets and promoting high-quality business growth:

• Core Scenario Optimization: Steadily improve key business scenarios to ensure secure and efficient flow of critical financial data.
• Technology Integration & Innovation: Explore deep integration of cloud infrastructure with AI and big data technologies, creating an intelligent computing network for future financial competition.
• Ecosystem Collaboration: Leverage a robust digital foundation to advance the bank toward high-quality development, continuously unleashing the innovative potential of technology-enabled finance.