Nygard Michael. Release It! Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software

The Pragmatic Programmers, 2007. — 368 p. — ISBN13: 978-0978739218.Whether it's in Java, .NET, or Ruby on Rails, getting your application ready to ship is only half the battle. Did you design your system to survive a sudden rush of visitors from Digg or Slashdot? Or an influx of real world customers from 100 different countries? Are you ready for a world filled with flakey networks, tangled databases, and impatient users?