How Celeborn Makes Shuffle in AlibabaCloud Serverless Spark Comfortable, Reassuring, and Worry-Free
Zhentao Shuai, Jiashu Xiong
Chinese Session 2026-08-07 16:15 GMT+8 (ROOM : Mtn WanShou Hall) #datastorageHow AlibabCloud EMR Serverless Spark integrates Apache Celeborn to overcome traditional Spark Shuffle limitations (coupled storage/compute, connection storms, random I/O, and single-point failures), delivering a robust production experience.
Speakers:

Zhentao Shuai: Alibaba Cloud
Software Development Engineer at Alibaba Cloud Celeborn committer

Jiashu Xiong: Alibaba Cloud, Senior Development Engineer
Apache Celeborn PMC member, mainly focused on the optimization of Apache Celeborn and the integration of Apache Celeborn with engines such as Flink and Spark