any good books on scalable web applications (Java/Ajax/REST)? [closed]

Question

Are there any good books on the subject worth reading and still up-to-date with current technologies?

I'm mostly interested in back-end architecture and things I should consider choosing clustering and database solution as I plan to use GWT for the front-end therefore won't be able to control a lot there.

I'm looking for a book which will answer questions like: How to choose load balancing strategy? What DB model to choose? How to scale data? How to scale request handling? What are common problems when building web application able to handle huge traffic?

Answer 1

About GWT: Google Web Toolkit Applications.

In general Even faster web sites performance and Building scalable web sites are very nice.

I have heard good words on The Art of Capicity Planning too, but i don't have it, so i cannot say from first-hand experience.

Answer 2

Check out O'Reilly's books. Here's one on High Performance Web Sites.