architectural considerations for high traffic web portals

Question

Can anyone tell me about the architectural considerations for high traffic web applications?

Links to any articles would be helpful.

Answer 1

Useful Links

Best scaling methodologies for a highly traffic web application?

https://serverfault.com/questions/80821/expecting-high-traffic-on-website-how-to-manage

http://highscalability.com/plentyoffish-architecture

This guide is useful for developers http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/help/