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Scaling a Rails Application from the Bottom Up

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The document outlines Jason Hoffman's presentation on scaling a Rails application from the bottom up. It discusses fundamental limits like money, time, and hardware resources. It provides examples of logical server roles needed for a scalable architecture including provisioning, monitoring, logging etc. It also discusses hardware considerations like power, space, and networking. The presentation emphasizes standardization, virtualization, and keeping infrastructure costs below 10% of revenue.

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Scaling a Rails Application from the Bottom Up
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