Objective :
Prototyping performance tuned Scalable Web Architecture...
Candidate technologies :
Web Language : PHP
Web Server : nginx
Application Server : native based... but what?
Converter for native module from PHP : HipHop
Intranet Communication Channel : Thrift
Reverse Proxy : Memcached
Session Sharing Server : Memcached?
Reference : http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Scale-at-Facebook
Thrift installation guide : http://mattmueller.me/blog/installing-thrift-on-snow-leopard
Thrift vs ProtoBuffer : http://stuartsierra.com/2008/07/10/thrift-vs-protocol-buffers