One of the things that came out of our rails bugmash team and time at Blue Box Group was that the real time killer was a lot of the prep work. Installing 3 databases, and all of the other tools and goodies can take hours which could be used mashing bugs and racking up points.
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Me on Web App Scaling
I have have a couple of things published on Web App Scaling in the recent past. Here is a list:
- A Quick Primer On Sharding For Ruby On Rails: I discuss application sharding techniques at a very high level.
Masters Interview at New Relic: I talk about all kinds of scaling concepts.- Filesystem Sharding Tactics and Processes: A look at how to shard filesystems. Many of the ideas can be used for sharding just about anything.
For those that do not know. I’d like to take a second and define sharding – even though I did not invent the term. Sharding is taking a system and breaking it up into smaller pieces, each with their own dedicated resources, to improve performance. It’s that simple.
Anyways, enjoy!