MySpace.Com does .NET

Notes from the MIX conference:

    Aber Whitcomb, CTO, MySpace.com
  • 65m registered members (#2 trafficed site on net, passing google, ebay, MSN)
  • using SQL Server 2005 and ASP 2.0
  • next-gen portal, social networking platform
  • 9m members - converted to ASP.NET
  • saw significant perf gains
  • tool advantage of full OO
  • 17M members - launched middle tier cache with ASP.NET
  • 64bit asp.net, used huge amounts of ram, reduced server count
  • 26M Members - SQL Server 2005 64Bit
  • MySpace Home Profile page .NET 2.0 perf gains
  • Reduced CPU usage from 85% to 27%
  • Reduced web farm from 246 servers to 150

[1] Via Rob Burke: http://blogs.msdn.com/robburke/archive/2006/03/20/555626.aspx

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