Inside Facebook's Infrastructure 77
miller60 writes "Facebook served up 690 billion page views to its 540 million users in August, according to data from Google's DoubleClick. How does it manage that massive amount of traffic? Data Center Knowledge has put together a guide to the infrastructure powering Facebook, with details on the size and location of its data centers, its use of open source software, and its dispute with Greenpeace over energy sourcing for its newest server farm. There are also links to technical presentations by Facebook staff, including a 2009 technical presentation on memcached by CEO Mark Zuckerberg."
Facebook ID (Score:4, Funny)
It's time to invent the Facebook Identity card.
You can't remember your passport number? No worries, your Facebook Identity card will say who you are. And how many friends you've got. And the name of your pet. And whether you went to the bathroom at your usual time that morning. And what kind of men you find attractive.
Semper Facebook Identity!
Re:Environmentalist (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, but if they're against Facebook, they can't be all bad. Sort of like the Mafia vs Castro, right?
I'm sticking with antisocial networking (Score:3, Funny)
USENET and /. (RIP Digg)