Art of Scalability, The: Scalable Web Architecture, Processes, and Organizations for the Modern Enterprise

Updated with new strategies, technologies, and case studies In The Art of Scalability, leading scalability consultants Martin L. Abbott and Michael T. Fisher cover everything you need to know to smoothly scale products and services for any requirement. This extensively revised edition reflects new technologies, strategies, and lessons, as well as new case studies from the authors' pioneering consulting practice, AKF Partners. Writing for technical and nontechnical decision-makers, Abbott and Fisher cover everything that impacts scalability, including architecture, process, people, organisation, and technology. Their insights and recommendations reflect more than thirty years of experience at companies ranging from eBay to Visa, and Salesforce.com to Apple. You'll find updated strategies for structuring organisations to maximise agility and scalability, as well as new insights into the cloud (IaaS/PaaS) transition, NoSQL, DevOps, business metrics, and more. Using this guide's tools and advice, you can systematically clear away obstacles to scalability - and achieve unprecedented IT and business performance. Coverage includes: Why scalability problems start with organisations and people, not technology, and what to do about it Actionable lessons from real successes and failures Staffing, structuring, and leading the agile, scalable organisation Scaling processes for hyper-growth environments Architecting scalability: proprietary models for clarifying needs and making choices - including 15 key success principles Emerging technologies and challenges: data cost, datacenter planning, cloud evolution, and customer-aligned monitoring Measuring availability, capacity, load, and performance.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Staffing a Scalable Organization Chapter 1: The Impact of People and Leadership on Scalability Chapter 2: Roles for the Scalable Technology Organization Chapter 3: Designing Organizations Chapter 4: Leadership 101 Chapter 5: Management 101 Chapter 6: Relationships, Mindset, and the Business Case Part II: Building Processes for Scale Chapter 7: Why Processes Are Critical to Scale Chapter 8: Managing Incidents and Problems Chapter 9: Managing Crises and Escalations Chapter 10: Controlling Change in Production Environments Chapter 11: Determining Headroom for Applications Chapter 12: Establishing Architectural Principles Chapter 13: Joint Architecture Design and Architecture Review Board Chapter 14: Agile Architecture Design Chapter 15: Focus on Core Competencies: Build Versus Buy Chapter 16: Determining Risk Chapter 17: Performance and Stress Testing Chapter 18: Barrier Conditions and Rollback Chapter 19: Fast or Right? Part III: Architecting Scalable Solutions Chapter 20: Designing for Any Technology Chapter 21: Creating Fault-Isolative Architectural Structures Chapter 22: Introduction to the AKF Scale Cube Chapter 23: Splitting Applications for Scale Chapter 24: Splitting Databases for Scale Chapter 25: Caching for Performance and Scale Chapter 26: Asynchronous Design for Scale Part IV: Solving Other Issues and Challenges Chapter 27: Too Much Data Chapter 28: Grid Computing Chapter 29: Soaring in the Clouds Chapter 30: Making Applications Cloud Ready Chapter 31: Monitoring Applications Chapter 32: Planning Data Centers Chapter 33: Putting It All Together Part V: Appendices Appendix A: Calculating Availability Appendix B: Capacity Planning Calculations Appendix C: Load and Performance Calculations

About the Author :
Martin L. Abbott is a founding partner at the growth and scalability advisory firm AKF Partners. He was formerly chief operations officer at Quigo, an advertising technology startup sold to AOL, where he was responsible for product strategy, product management, technology development, and client services. Marty spent nearly six years at eBay, most recently as senior vice president of technology, chief technology officer, and member of the executive staff. Marty has a B.S. in computer science from the United States Military Academy, has an M.S. in computer engineering from the University of Florida, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program, and has a Doctor of Management from Case Western Reserve University. Michael T. Fisher is a founding partner at the growth and scalability advisory firm AKF Partners. Prior to cofounding AKF Partners, Michael was the chief technology officer at Quigo, a startup Internet advertising company that was acquired by AOL in 2007. Before his time at Quigo, Michael served as vice president, engineering and architecture, for PayPal, Inc., an eBay company. He received a Ph.D. and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management, an M.S. in information systems from Hawaii-Pacific University, and a B.S. in computer science from the United States Military Academy (West Point). Michael is an adjunct professor in the design and innovation department at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.