Data Center Knowledge – Startups arent the only web properties struggling to scale their sites when large traffic spikes arrive. Established sites with years of experience in traffic management are also finding themselves struggling to manage huge, fast-moving spikes from major news sites and social media hubs. Todd Hoff… read more
Servers/Data CentersData Center Knowledge – Microsofts James Hamilton has been collecting scaling stories for a while, and has shared a list of resources providing insider accounts of how the Web’s largest sites have managed their scalability challenges. The post focuses on Flickrs database architecture, but also provides links to similar [...] read more
Data Center Knowledge – HP today became the latest hardware vendor to launch a data center container product, the Performance Optimized Data Center (POD), which is housed in both 20-foot and 40-foot long shipping containers. HP is targeting the unit as a transitional data center solution for companies that need to quickly… read more
T1 Rex’s Business Telecom Explainer – The unlimited power sucking days of the Internet may be nearing an end. Its not just SUVs and old incandescent light bulbs that are sending polar bears to a watery grave. Every one of us who publishes a Web site or operates an online business contributes a little to the rising fever of Mother Earth. But what can we do about it short of pulling the plug on the very technology that puts food on [...] read more
