Google Tech Talks June 23, 2007 ABSTRACT 2007 Google Seattle Conference on Scalability: Lessons In Building Scalable Systems Speaker: Reza Behforooz Since launching Google Talk in the summer of 2005, we have integrated the service with two large existing products: Gmail and orkut. Each of these integrations provided unique scalability challenges as we had to handle a sudden big increase in the number of users. Today, Google Talk supports millions of users and handles billions of packets per day. I will discuss several practical lessons and key insights from our experience that can be used for any project. These lessons will cover both engineering and operational areas. Reza Behforooz is a...