architecture behind wordpress.com
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
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ARCHITECTURE?
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SCALING.
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SCALING
PLATFORM
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SCALING
BUSINESS
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SCALING
COMMUNITY
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SCALING
PEOPLE
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SEPTEMBER 2006
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18m Global
Uniques
63m Pageviews
350k Blogs
~ #202 in US
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88m Global
Uniques
360m Pageviews
1,579k Blogs
#17 in US
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(Over 600,000
splogs deleted.)
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SCALING
PLATFORM
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MATT’S MAGICMINI-CLUSTER
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7 BOXES~ $1500 / MO
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2 LOAD BALANCERS
• Any CPU• 2 GB memory• Any disk• Pound + Wackamole + Spread
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2 DATABASES• Any CPU• 4 GB+ memory• Fast disks, RAID•Master + Slave MySQL setup
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3 WEBS• Fast CPU• 2 GB memory• Any disks• Litespeed or well-configured Apache
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BOXES AND LINES
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BOXES AND LINES
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BOXES AND LINES
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BOXES AND LINES
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BOXES AND LINES
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HYPERDB
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BOXES AND LINES
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PUT EVERYTHING
IN SUBVERSION
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BE STATELESS
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MEMCACHED
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… JUST USE WORDPRESS
http://2007.wordcamp.org/schedule/hyperdb-and-performance/
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SINGLE BOX300
REQUESTS/SEC25.9M A DAY
http://2007.wordcamp.org/schedule/hyperdb-and-performance/
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SCALING
COMMUNITY
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SEE OTHER:photomatt.net/abo
ut
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SCALING
BUSINESS
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UPGRADES
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ADS
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VIP
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SCALING
PEOPLE
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HIRING
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GREAT PEOPLE =
RICH ENVIRONMENT
+WORTHWILE PROBLEMS
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5 THINGS
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PERSONALITY FIT
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ABILITY TO LEARN
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TASTE
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PASSION FOR SPACE
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FAMILIARITY WITH
TECHNOLOGIES
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NOT HIRING