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Drupal Page Rendering (part 12)
The time for a page to render in a user’s browser is comprised of two factors. The first is the time it takes to build a page on the server. The second is the time it takes to send and render the page with all the contained components. This guide has mainly been concerned with [...]
Drupal Benchmarking (part 11)
Benchmarking a system is a reliable way to compare one setup with another and is particularly helpful when comparing different server configurations. We cover a few simple ways to benchmark a Drupal website.
Custom Drupal Distributions (part 10)
There are a couple of projects which have made it easy to achieve performance gains by making slight amendments to core or packaging up the code in a helpful manner. Pressflow makes it possible to use a reverse proxy such as Varnish, amongst other things. Mercury packages Pressflow up as a Amazon EC2 image. The [...]
Drupal Caching (part 9)
Several advanced options exist to take caching to the next level in Drupal. With advanced caching Drupal is able to scale to levels required by the most demanding of sites.
Drupal Troubleshooting (part 8)
Sometimes your installation will be slow for no apparent reason. Time to grab your toolkit and get started on finding and eliminating the problem. Here are some of the common problems faced by developers.
Drupal Implementation Decisions (part 7)
Bad performance can be down to decisions you have made during development because you haven’t been aware of natural limitations of the system or the way Drupal works. The more you poke about the more you will understand. Here’s a grab bag of things which may bite you.
Drupal LAMP Server Tuning (part 6)
Getting the most from your Drupal site means getting the most from your server – optimizing the various layers of the the LAMP stack. This includes the filesystem, database, web server, PHP, RAM and CPU. Tuning the LAMP stack is a major subject requiring a lot of study and practice to become proficient. It’s something [...]
Drupal Performance Out of the Box (part 5)
Drupal has a number of features which allow for performance to be improved without the addition of external modules or for complicated configuration by administrators. A slow system can easily be turned into one which performs well under heavy loads.
Drupal Hosting Environment (part 4)
Sometimes the server environment must be taken as a given and we must work within the bounds of what has been provided. Moving servers can be a time consuming process and not something you wish to do if it can be avoided. It’s best to make the right decisions up front ensuring you have room [...]
Drupal Performance Quick Reference (part 13)