By AngelicLight on

Okay,

Crazy as it sounds, my VPS is snappy - a LOT more snappy - and my local WAMP installation is not as fast, and sometimes actually seems bogged down.

Is there anyone who knows what performance tweaks can be done on a WAMP (Windows) installation?

I'm not a system administrator, but I'm a fast learner.

Thanks a lot,

- Paul

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john_b commented

I wondered about this. It is probably the bottleneck is database IO. You might find a site is faster with sqlite. Most PCs have hard disks spinning at 5,400 rpm or 7,200 rpm for high grade devices. Servers have 7,200 rpm for cheaper services, 15,000 or SSD for companies who sell on performance rather than price. You might be able to put the database on RAMdisk if your hard disk is slow.

Acquia dev desktop is pretty lightweight. Even more lightweight is the built-in server with drush. If you have a mysql server running, or your site uses mysqli, you should be able to run the site in a browser with
#drush rs
and if you can work with a site using mysqli you can build a new site which probably performs more quickly, and open it in a browser, with the command
#drush qd
with no need for other web server software on your Windows machine.

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