Where to look for information on Architecture of High Scalable Website like Orbitz, Amazon, Ebay, Linkedin etc?

Question

I am willing to learn about different architectures of highly scalable web applications like gmail, google, youtube, amazon, orbitz, linkedin, ebay etc. and would certainly appr

Answer 1

See also several of the following titles:

• Building Scalable Web Sites: Building, scaling, and optimizing the next generation of web applications
• High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers
• High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More
• Scalable Internet Architectures

Answer 2

Add High Scalability to your list.

Answer 3

InfoQ often has some good presentations on highly scalable architectures:

Orbitz

Amazon

Ebay

Answer 4

Too late to come up with a real list, but...

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