Last updated January 24, 2009.
Drupal.org runs on a master-slave database and some customized Drupal 5 code to ensure best performance. Some of these customizations ended up in Drupal 6, some did not. We should ensure that drupal.org performs the best under the new Drupal version too. Purely performance related items are planned out here.
- #362143: Review existing core patches, port what is still required
- #362147: Test the upgraded Drupal.org with memcache
Drupal core performance / high load related improvements
These improvements we need to work on to make Drupal 6 better for sites like Drupal.org with high loads. Everyone benefits.
Tracker 2
Tracker 2 is used for performance reasons on Drupal.org instead of the original tracker module. We should investigate whether keeping use of this module is best, or a "simpler" views based solution is better in terms of performance and maintenance.