Other Informational Resources

This chapter covers a lot of information about creating scalable and highly available Web sites, and it touches the surface of many important topics that affect your Web applications' ability to scale and perform. To learn more about these and other related topics in greater detail, consult additional resources.

The following list of technology white papers, books, and other Web sites will get you started.

White papers

The following white papers provide a good balance between introductory and technology-specific information:

Web sites

Collaborative Research's Internet Traffic Management Center is a comprehensive Web site dedicated to Web scalability and availability issues, products, and information.

Here you'll find articles, opinions, industry standards, research data, white papers, books, other Web sites, listings for industry events, and much more.

You can access this Web site at http://www.itmcenter.com.

Books

The following books provide excellent detailed information on Web scalability, failover, and performance issues: