[pmwiki-users] Pmwiki.org website performance

[pmwiki at 911networks.com]

Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 04:59:15PM -0700, pmwiki at 911networks.com wrote:
>>> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/PerformanceComparisons
>> Details for pmwiki.org:
>>
>>      * OS: Fedora Core 2, Linux 2.4.20 kernel (VPS environment)
>>      * Webserver: Apache 1.3.33 w/mod_auth_passthrough,
>> mod_log_bytes, mod_bwlimited, mod_ssl
>>      * PHP: 4.3.11, Apache API
>>      * PmWiki: 2.1.3
>>      * Approximate number of pages on site: 3600
>>      * RAM: 512MB
>>      * Recipes used: various (depends on group/page)
>>
>> 1. Is this still current? Note PM 2.1.3
> 
> It's now 2.1.5, yes.
> 
>> 2. VPS and you have your own 512Mb? How many other servers on
>> that box?
> 
> I have my own 512Mb (bursting to 2Gb).  I don't know how many other
> VPS's are on the box -- that's not normally information that a
> webhosting service provides...

Depending on your  part of the world, a cable/DSL connection and 
dedicated server would solve this problem while being much 
cheaper. In Canada: cable/fixed IP, 3Mbps, 50 Gb/month is around 
US$130.

> 
>> 3. What are the others doing? They could easily explain why
>> sometimes it's as slow as molasses.
> 
> ...and there's not really a way for me to find out what others 
> are doing on the box.  But based on other performance criteria
> I'm pretty sure it's a disk bottleneck issue.

Only 4000 pages, should all fit in RAM [it's all text] and disk 
should not be a concern.

1. How much memory has been allocated to PHP? Can you 
increase/set it to 32M or 64M

2. Are you using eaccelerator? If not you should, it makes a 
world of difference. My website [not PM yet] went from 10-15sec 
to under 2sec and often under 1sec. I allocated 64Mb to eaccelerator.

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