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.