强烈推荐: http://highscalability.com/ 每篇文章都很精彩, 尤其其中的案例

大量精彩案例: http://highscalability.com/blog/category/example , 尤其其中包含一些参考数据, 非常有价值

有些是实用的技巧, 比如: Google App Engine 这次价格调整, 开发者首先考虑到用Memcache, 但是这篇文章就提到用 Instance Cache: http://highscalability.com/blog/2011/9/27/use-instance-caches-to-save-money-latency.html

有些是 High scalability 的窍门: 5 Scalability Poisons And 3 Cloud Scalability Antidotes : http://highscalability.com/blog/2011/9/21/5-scalability-poisons-and-3-cloud-scalability-antidotes.html

其中的第5点很有启发: Lack of Feature Flags. Be able to turn off features via a flag so when a spike hits features can be turned off to reduce load.