# Cesium ion architecture blog post

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-ion-architecture-blog-post/34311>\
**Category:** Cesium ion\
**Created:** [August 5, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-ion-architecture-blog-post/34311 "2024-08-05T15:45:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sarah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/sarah/32/1947_2.png) [@sarah](https://community.cesium.com/u/sarah)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-ion-architecture-blog-post/34311/1 "2024-08-05T15:45:43Z")

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We have a new post up on the Cesium blog by @Ankit_Trehan that takes a technical deep dive into the architecture behind Cesium ion, including API server, tiling, asset hosting, and front end.

> **[The State of Cesium ion Architecture: The Infrastructure behind the Platform...](https://cesium.com/blog/2024/08/02/how-cesium-ion-works/)**
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> A technical deep dive into the architecture underpinning Cesium ion, the platform for geospatial that manages over 40 million requests daily while storing over 100TB of data.

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**Author:** ![sarah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/sarah/32/1947_2.png) [@sarah](https://community.cesium.com/u/sarah)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-ion-architecture-blog-post/34311/2 "2024-08-09T17:32:13Z")

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In a follow up post, @Ankit_Trehan covers the architecture of Cesium ion Self-Hosted, which uses Kubernetes, as well as a comparison between the structure of Cesium ion Self-Hosted and Cesium ion SaaS.

> **[How Cesium ion Self-Hosted Works](https://cesium.com/blog/2024/08/09/how-cesium-ion-self-hosted-works/)**
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> A technical deep dive into the architecture of Cesium ion Self-Hosted, which uses Kubernetes while maintaining feature parity with Cesium ion SaaS.