Wednesday
Jun042008
LinkedIn Architecture
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 7:47AM LinkedIn is the largest professional networking site in the world. LinkedIn employees presented two sessions about their server architecture at JavaOne 2008. This post contains a summary of these presentations. Key topics include:
- Up-to-date statistics about the LinkedIn user base and activity level
- The evolution of the LinkedIn architecture, from 2003 to 2008
- "The Cloud", the specialized server that maintains the LinkedIn network graph
- Their communication architecture
