2011
Puppet versus Chef: 10 reasons why Puppet wins | Bitfield Consulting
by holyverPuppet, Chef, cfengine, and Bcfg2 are all players in the configuration management space. If you’re looking for Linux automation solutions, or server configuration management tools, the two technologies you’re most likely to come across are Puppet and Opscode Chef. They are broadly similar in architecture and solve the same kinds of problems. Puppet, from Reductive Labs, has been around longer, and has a large user base. Chef, from Opscode, has learned some of the lessons from Puppet’s development, and has a high-profile client: EngineYard.
3.4 million page views per day, 92 M per month, one server and Drupal
by holyver (via)In this talk, Khalid of 2bits.com, Inc., Inc will talk about a how to scale a Drupal web site with the following statistics.
3.4 million pages per day peak
92 million page views per month
189,650 page views per hour peak
840,000 visits on peak day
22.96 million visits per month
52,747 visits per hour peak
So far, this is the highest traffic a Drupal site gets that we heard of.
What is amazing is that this web site runs on a single mid range server ...
2009
Shindig - Welcome To Shindig!
by holyver & 4 others (via)What is Shindig?
Shindig is a container for hosting social application consisting of four parts:
* Gadget Container JavaScript: core JavaScript foundation for general gadget functionality (read more about gadget functionality). This JavaScript manages security, communication, UI layout, and feature extensions, such as the OpenSocial API.
* Gadget Rendering Server: used to render the gadget XML into JavaScript and HTML for the container to expose via the container JavaScript.
* OpenSocial Container JavaScript: JavaScript environment that sits on top of the Gadget Container JavaScript and provides OpenSocial specific functionality (profiles, friends, activities, datastore).
* OpenSocial Data Server: an implementation of the server interface to container-specific information, including the OpenSocial REST APIs, with clear extension points so others can connect it to their own backends.
Shindig is the reference implementation of OpenSocial API specifications, a standard set of Social Network APIs which includes:
* Profiles
* Relationships
* Activities
* Shared applications
* Authentication
* Authorization
2006
Introduction to Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Technology
by nhoizey & 1 other (via)This series of articles on SharePoint is intended to help you understand the capabilities of the product, as well as provide tips and tricks, development ideas, information from Microsoft, information from the community, and perhaps some samples.
Implementing Rich Collaboration Infrastructure Using Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003
by nhoizey (via)Learn about the relationship and the differences between Microsoft Windows® SharePoint™ Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Use this information to decide whether to deploy Windows SharePoint Services alone or with SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
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