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architectural inspiration for distributed search cluster

I'm in a process of redesigning architecture for a custom search engine. I've got a pretty good idea how I'm going to do it, but I'd like to read up how other people, especially in top companies have ...
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How to handle file access transactions properly?

I'm looking for good practices or any advice regarding file access transaction mechanisms. We will have multiple instances of an application spread over a redundant network (cloud) watching a ...
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How can I gather client's data on Google App Engine without using Datastore/Backend Instances too much?

One of the projects I'm working on is online survey engine. It's my first big commercial project on Google App Engine. I need your advice on how to collect stats and efficiently record them in ...
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What should I do to scale out an high-traffic website?

What Best Practices should be undertaken for a Website that needs to "scale out" to handle capacity? This is especially relevant now that people are considering the cloud, but may be missing out on ...