This requires thinking about how to grow from time to time, how to make the same resources accessible to audiences with different expectations, and how to have a team of developers working on the site without creating new problems for visitors and to one another. Presenting information to visitors from around the world Integrating email with your web application Planning hardware purchases and hosting options to have as many as you need without breaking your wallet Partitioning and distributing databases to support large datasets and simultaneous transactions Monitoring the application to find and clear bottlenecks * Providing services APIs and using services from other providers to improve your site's reach and capabilities Are you starting a small web site with hopes of growing big or you already have a large system that requires treatment, you will find Building Scalable Web Sites to be a library of ideas to make things work.