chapter PART 1 INDIVIDUAL AREAS OF INTEREST -- chapter 1 PREPARING FOR THE CHALLENGE -- chapter 2 CAVEAT EMPTOR (LET THE BUYER BEWARE) -- chapter 3 LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND BENCHMARKS -- chapter 4 NONFUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND SOLUTIONS -- chapter 5 HARDWARE SIZING: THE CRYSTAL BALL GAZING ACT -- chapter 6 BID LOGISTICS -- chapter 7 DESIGNING FOR PERFORMANCE, SCALABILITY, AND RESILIENCE -- chapter 8 AWARENESS OF QUEUES -- chapter 9 NONFUNCTIONAL ACCEPTANCE -- chapter 10 POST-PRODUCTION -- chapter 11 SOFTER ISSUES -- chapter 12 SO WHAT? -- chapter PART 2 TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION -- chapter 13 INTRODUCTION TO TECHNOLOGY TASTERS -- chapter 14 OPERATING SYSTEMS -- chapter 15 CPU BASICS -- chapter 16 MEMORY -- chapter 17 HARD DISK BASICS -- chapter 18 SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE -- chapter 19 MULTIPROCESSORS (SHARED MEMORY) -- chapter 20 HARD DISK: FIBRE CHANNEL, SAN, AND NAS -- chapter 21 FILE ACCESS BASICS -- chapter 22 RELATIONAL DATABASE BASICS -- chapter 23 BACK-END SERVER CLUSTERS -- chapter 24 NETWORK BASICS -- chapter 25 FIREWALLS -- chapter 26 SERVER LOAD BALANCING -- chapter 27 WEB SERVER AND CACHE SERVER -- chapter 28 LDAP SERVER -- chapter 29 MODERN SERVER-SIDE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES.