# Trino at Quora: Speed, cost, reliability challenges, and tips

DevFeed: [Trino at Quora: Speed, cost, reliability challenges, and tips](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/trino-at-quora-speed-cost-reliability-challenges-and-tips-8704.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://trino.io/blog/2022/12/16/trino-summit-2022-quora-recap.html>)

Author: Yifan Pan, Cole Bowden

Published: 2022-12-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Trino Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/trino-blog.md>)

Topics: [Graviton](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graviton.md>), [Amazon EC2](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-ec2.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>), [A/B Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/a-b-testing.md>), [Time Series](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/time-series.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [a-b-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/a-b-testing.md>), [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cpu.md>), [graviton](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graviton.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [resources](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resources.md>), [s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/s3.md>), [speed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speed.md>), [time-series](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time-series.md>), [tips-and-tricks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tips-and-tricks.md>)

## AI overview

A recap of how Quora operates Trino for ad-hoc analysis, ETL, backfill jobs, A/B testing, and time-series queries over an S3 data lake. It describes cost-saving measures including AWS Graviton instances, auto-scaling, and more efficient partitioned queries, along with reliability and performance work such as accommodating lower Graviton availability and restarting long-running worker nodes.

## Source excerpt

As we near the end of the Trino Summit 2022 recap series, it's time to take a stop at Quora. At Quora, being an engineer responsible for maintaining Trino comes with its fair share of challenges. With concerns about cost, performance, and reliability, Quora has taken several creative steps to ensure that they get the most out of Trino. Other Trino users may be able to learn a few neat tips and tricks to do the same by tuning in.