CAP, BASE and other

• http://frutik.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html
• http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1394128
• http://highscalability.com/unorthodox-approach-database-design-coming-shard
• http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2009/01/16/BuildingScalableDatabasesProsAndConsOfVariousDatabaseShardingSchemes.aspx
• http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/08/06/why-you-dont-want-to-shard/
• http://www.addsimplicity.com/adding_simplicity_an_engi/2008/08/shard-lessons.html