Node and Scaling in the Small vs Scaling in the Large
A great post on scaling, regardless of the Node Flame Wars of 2011
We are experiencing too much load. Let's add a new server.
Adding a new shard under load is hard, in any setup. Don’t wait till the last second.
Going from SCALA to scale!
A great talk on Scala from LinkedIn. I see LinkedIn making a real play as a thought leader in the Java scaling world.
Scalability, Availability & Stability Patterns
Good over view and pretty java centric.