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Creating an effective Web site that provides real business value requires a lot of planning. Potential customers can't take advantage of the content you so carefully create if you don't spend time and effort considering the technical requirements of the site. This article summarizes advice on performance, scalability, and availability from IBM's High Volume Web Sites Team. Read Planning for high-volume Web sites tutorial here (http://www.opensourcetutorials.com/tutorials/Getting_Started/Site_Planning/planning_high_volume_web_sites/page1.html)