Sharding with Cookie-Based Session Storage

Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 2:31AM
chasingsparks in cookie-based session storage, rails, sharding

In a recent project, I utilized RoR's cookie-based session storage to shard geographically distinct user groups. My technique for doing so was unique and, although it was a premature optimization, it is none-the-less an idea worth exploring.

Article originally appeared on (http://highscalability.com/).