John Allspaw's books are great. I'd recommend these also: The Art of Scalability http://www.amazon.com/Art-Scalability-Architecture-Organizations-Enterprise/d

John Allspaw's books are great. I'd recommend these also: The Art of Scalability http://www.amazon.com/Art-Scalability-Architecture-Organizations-Enterprise/dp/0137030428/ http://www.amazon.com/Art-Scalability-Architecture-Organizat... Scalable Internet Architectures http://www.amazon.com/Scalable-Internet-Architectures-Theo-Schlossnagle/dp/067232699X/ http://www.amazon.com/Scalable-Internet-Architectures-Theo-S... Enterprise Cloud Computing http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Cloud-Computing-Architecture-Applications/dp/0521137357/ http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Cloud-Computing-Architectur...