How Facebook Scaled Their Website
Facebook, the social media networking site, is a prime example of how web developers can and should scale their websites. Facebook serves over 500 million users and is ranked number 2 (only after Google) out of all the websites in cyberspace, according to the Alexa website ranking service. Therefore, there is certainly something to learn from their rapid growth and success.
There are a number of success factors that helped in Facebook's scaling, such as the recruitment of top quality engineering and operations teams to build and run the architecture of the Facebook systems. Furthermore, the growth of Facebook was done very speedily, and so web developers must recognize the need for flexibility and speed during the entire website scaling process especially as new problems arise.