+--server-tuning
|   +--dd
|   +--fdtree
|   +--fs
|   +--loader
|   +--memcached
|   +--metadata
|   +--network
|   +--perflog
|   |   +--cron-perflog
|   |   +--sample-output
|   +--postgres
|   +--postmark
|   +--raid
|   +--ram
|   +--scaling
|   +--swap

Errors in system scaling

==> part1 <==

    http://lwn.net/Articles/441790/
    Scale Fail (part 1)
    Josh Berkus
    Fri, 6 May 2011
    
    Introduction
    
      Let me tell you a secret.  I don't fix databases.  I fix applications.
    
      Companies hire me to "fix the database" because they think it's the source
    
==> part2 <==

    http://lwn.net/Articles/443775/
    Scale Fail (part 2)
    Josh Berkus
    Fri, 20 May 2011
    
    In Part One of Scale Fail, I discussed some of the major issues which prevent
    web sites and applications from scaling.  As was said there, most scalability
    issues are really management issues.  The first article covered a few of the
    chronic bad decisions -- or "anti-patterns" -- which companies suffer from,
    including compulsive trendiness, lack of metrics, "barn door troubleshooting",