Scalability of facebook architecture

Abstract

Scalability is the ability of a system, network, or process to handle a growing amount of work in a capable manner or its ability to be enlarged to accommodate that growth. There are a lot of different elements behind the success of Facebook. Of course it’s mostly about vision, timing and the right people. It’s also about the availability of readily available technology and excellent technical architecture. This paper addresses and compares both scalable and non-scalable systems. The purpose of this paper is to present a scalable web interaction benchmarking setup, using as a case study a simulation of Facebook, and to explain Facebook’s main architecture.