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    <p>I have been scrounging for articles/info about the architecture at Facebook, the challenges &amp; ways they tackle them. What they use &amp; why they use. How do they scale &amp; what are the design decisions for what they do etc. Main underpinning being to learn. Knowing about sites which handles such massive traffic gives lots of pointers for architects etc. to keep in mind certain stuff while designing new sites. I am sharing what I found.</p> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Facebook-Software-Stack" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Facebook Science &amp; Social Graph (Video)</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Scale-at-Facebook" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Scale at Facebook</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/05/facebookchatarchitecture" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Facebook Chat Architecture</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://developers.facebook.com/blog/" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Facebook Blog</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2009/02/07/FacebookCassandraArchitectureAndDesign.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Facebook Cassandra Architecture and Design</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=9445547199" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Facebook Engineering Notes</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.quora.com/What-is-Facebooks-architecture" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Quora - Facebook Architecture</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/mozion/facebook-architecture-for-600m-users" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Facebook for 600M users</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://borthakur.com/ftp/hadoopmicrosoft.pdf" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Hadoop &amp; its usage at Facebook</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.erlang-factory.com/upload/presentations/31/EugeneLetuchy-ErlangatFacebook.pdf" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Erlang at Facebook: Chat Architecture</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://sizzo.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/facebook_performance_caching.pdf" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Facebook Performance Caching</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bestechvideos.com/2009/04/07/facebook-tech-talks-the-architecture-of-facebook-connect" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Facebook Connect Architecture</strong></a></li> </ol> <p>I have 2 more links but unable to post due to restrictions at this site. Also, please share if anyone has anything better (need not be related to Facebook only).</p> <p><strong>P.S. -</strong> I wasn't able to find good places to share this research, hence this initiative. Hope this helps someone.</p>
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    1. CO2. Scale at Facebook (Video) - http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Scale-at-Facebook 3. Facebook Chat - http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/05/facebookchatarchitecture
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    2. COAlso http://highscalability.com/ seems to be a great place to learn about architectures for a lots of popular sites. No idea how much of this is true & how much speculative, but it's out there & just something to munch on...
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    3. COThe [facebook engineering blog](http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=9445547199) occasionally has significant insights into their architecture and scaling challenges.
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