I'd be very interested in this... I used to visit 4chan all the time back in the day, not so much now, but I do enjoy reading statistics about the site.
I've been meaning to write a post about all of the weird stuff we do in the interest of maximizing our limited resources. We've always had to stretch things as far as possible given server, financial, and time constraints, which has led to some interesting/unorthodox "solutions."
Thanks for this article moot.