DrupalCon Portland 2013: HOW OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY MANAGES LARGE SCALE DRUPAL

This talk presents an in-depth analysis of how Oregon State University efficiently manages 1,000 Drupal sites, drawing on years of experience since the early days of Drupal. The speaker discusses the pros and cons of their custom web application for site management, emphasizing automated deployment using Python and Drush, as well as their unique Drupal directory structure. Key topics include strategies for managing site owners, bulk updates, Cron automation, and scaling challenges related to caching, load balancing, and MySQL clustering. The discussion also highlights lessons learned, insights into their current Drupal architecture, and plans for future improvements.