Decent primer on installing and managing Subversion on a CentOS server (although it’s the same everywhere).
#server
Installing APC on a server running Plesk
Installing APC on a server running Plesk
Good tutorial on installing APC (and requirements) on a server running Plesk/CentOS.
Optimize Apache for WordPress
Some pretty cool server tips for optimizing a VPS for running pretty much any web system, but specifically WordPress.
MySQLTuner.pl
Perl script that scans a MySQL install and suggests different settings that might be more optimized for its load profile.
Petabytes on a budget
“How to build cheap cloud storage”. Amazing details of a backup company that custom-builds their own storage “pods” to store massive amounts of data relatively cheaply.
Build Scalable Web 2.0 Sites with Ubuntu, Symfony, and Lighttpd
Build Scalable Web 2.0 Sites with Ubuntu, Symfony, and Lighttpd
Pretty good article covering the installation and set up of the entire stack, specifically targeted at symfony and performance.
scalr
“Scalr is a fully redundant, self-curing and self-scaling hosting environment utilizing Amazon’s EC2.”
MySQL Master-Master Replication Manager
MySQL Master-Master Replication Manager
“A set of flexible scripts to perform monitoring/failover and management of MySQL Master-Master replication cluster configurations.”
How to monitor server load on GNU/Linux – Xaprb
How to monitor server load on GNU/Linux – Xaprb
This article introduces six methods and 12 tools for monitoring system load, performance and related information on GNU/Linux and similar systems.
(mt) Media Temple – (gs) Grid-Server
(mt) Media Temple – (gs) Grid-Server
Awesome hosting system from Media Temple. Looks like it’d scale really well.