Tumblr Architecture – 15 Billion Page Views A Month
The guys at High Scalability have a fantastic post regarding Tumblr and their architecture , setup and scaling. Find out how they go about serving 15 billion page views a month: "Tumblr started as a...
View ArticleMagento hosting on a budget – Server Fault
There's a good question over on Server Fault from 'Spa' asking about Magento hosting on a budget. He outlines a few possible ways of achieving the performance he needs. The top answer from Sonassi...
View ArticleUsing BGP to serve high availability DNS
Over on the iWeb Hosting blog, my colleague, Aaron Brady has written an article about using BGP to serve high availability DNS. "Routing protocols, like BGP and OSPF, can be used for more than just...
View ArticleA close look at New Relic’s scalability chart
Xaprb.com take a close look at New Relic's scalability chart and discovers that although the chart is really good, there is a small issue with it: "But as I read through the blog posts about this...
View ArticleProcessing 100 Million Pixels a Day – Small Amounts of Contention Cause Big...
Processing 100 Million Pixels a Day - Small Amounts of Contention Cause Big Problems at Scale This is a guest post by Gordon Worley, a Software Engineer at Korrelate, where they correlate online...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Scale – The Downside of Scaling in the Contextual Age
The Changing Face of Scale - The Downside of Scaling in the Contextual Age "It's popular to say don't worry about scaling until you need to. It's a wonderful problem to have, etc. A curious aspect of...
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