Archive for June, 2008

  • I tend to separate out infrastructures into two different beasts:  A site, and a super-site.  Super-sites get tremendous amounts of traffic (1 Gigabit+) and typically are associated with a brand,...

    Wikipedia Super Site Setup

    I tend to separate out infrastructures into two different beasts:  A site, and a super-site.  Super-sites get tremendous amounts of traffic (1 Gigabit+) and typically are associated with a brand,...

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  • Every skillset has it’s tools.  These are the basics of the vocation, and it’s tough to do your job without them.  I have my own for load balancing, and they’re...

    Load Balancing Troubleshooting Tools

    Every skillset has it’s tools.  These are the basics of the vocation, and it’s tough to do your job without them.  I have my own for load balancing, and they’re...

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  • So, I’ve been working on a Wiki. I’ve been working on this for a while (over a year, actually), and for a while I’ve been a little frustrated by my...

    Wiki Mania

    So, I’ve been working on a Wiki. I’ve been working on this for a while (over a year, actually), and for a while I’ve been a little frustrated by my...

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  • I came upon an interesting post by Leonard Lin, a developer and (according to Linked In) former Yahoo!-er.  It’s called Internet Asshattery, Armchair Scaling Experts Edition, and talks about issues...

    Postcards From The Application World

    I came upon an interesting post by Leonard Lin, a developer and (according to Linked In) former Yahoo!-er.  It’s called Internet Asshattery, Armchair Scaling Experts Edition, and talks about issues...

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  • It’s been about 6 months since the last load balancing/application delivery survey, so I think it’s high time we did another one. So here’s your chance to contribute to the...

    New Survey

    It’s been about 6 months since the last load balancing/application delivery survey, so I think it’s high time we did another one. So here’s your chance to contribute to the...

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  • I dare say there are very few web servers left on the Internet. I think you’d have to spend a considerable amount of time trying to actually find one. Now,...

    The Web Server Is Dead: Long Live The Application Server

    I dare say there are very few web servers left on the Internet. I think you’d have to spend a considerable amount of time trying to actually find one. Now,...

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