Learning about scalability

Question

I've decided I need to learn more about building scalable solutions. Given almost any programming problem, I can build something to take care of it. Unless that problem is "this needs to handle a billion hits a day". Where do I start? Websites, books, articles, etc are all appreciated.

My primary languages of choice are currently Java, Perl, and Python, and I generally just code for the web, but I'd appreciate language-agnostic resources over language-specific ones.

Answer 1

There is no lack of materials about scalability (the kind you are looking for). One good starting point is http://highscalability.com/