Case Study: CyberAgent achieves higher database performance and efficiency with Huawei servers and PCIe SSDs

Huawei Servers Power CyberAgent Ameba Platform

CyberAgent is a major Japanese internet enterprise behind the Ameba social blog platform, which serves more than 30 million registered users. As its gaming and social services grew, CyberAgent needed far higher compute and database I/O performance while staying within strict data center power limits, maintaining compatibility with existing IT resources, and supporting IPv6 across both service and management networks.

Huawei responded with 1U, 2-socket RH1288 V2 servers using low-power Intel E5-2630L CPUs and ES3000 PCIe SSDs for high-I/O database workloads, along with IPv6-capable BMC management via NCSI. The result was a next-generation private cloud and database system with improved Ameba ranking and query performance, 50% less equipment footprint, slightly lower power use, 30% fewer cables, and stable operation in a high-redundancy design that supports hot-swappable components and 40°C environments.

CyberAgent

Satoshi Udagawa

Engineer