Its slow
TPC@tpwch.com - December 25, 2003 - 01:04
for some reason its very slow. sure the computer is ony a P133 with 32mb ram, but it shouldn't run this slow. Before I had e107 and it wasn't slow at all (so its not mysql thats slow or something like that) and other things I tried wasn't slow. The reason I don't think its this slow, is because if it requires a faster system to be run at normal speed with only one user then what kind of resources would it need for many users? Also, other drupal sites are not slow for me, so its not that my browser can't handle it (Mozilla Firebird). Its not the connection, since I access it from a lan and not from the internet. Is there any options I might use that are known to make it slow? any other speed-up tips?
I enabled caching (can't beli
I enabled caching (can't belive I missed that) and disabled a few modules, mainly the stats one. Its much better, but it should still be faster.
try [mmcache] if all still
try [mmcache]
if all still fails, show us a mtr, sar, top, mytop etc.
usually it is easy to see what is slow...
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whoa
I can't belive I never heard of mmcache before.
Its very fast now, thanks :)
mmcache did wonders for me to
mmcache did wonders for me too
please try to give more information regarding *what* is slow and *how* you experience this as well as some background info next time you fill a question regarding something like speed
most of the persons hanging around at the forums, mail and irc channels are rather friendly and will help, if your question isnt answered in the faqs
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MMCache
I've read that MMCache is not compatible with PHP5. I've also read that development on MMCache is dead.
What really concerns me is resorting to a caching system (i.e. putting on a bandaid) instead of addressing the core issues. I've run quite a few PHP based applications (PHP-Nuke, XOOPS, OSCommerce, OpenExchange, etc.) and have never seen anything even close to as slow as drupal.
I've disabled every modules I can and am running as stripped a drupal install as possible, have caching turned on, and am on a pretty decent system (PIII 800, 1 GB RAM), and still cannot speed it up.
I'm really hating this too. drupal has so much potential!
Interesting...
It's interesting that you feel it is slow. There's currently a discussion about performance comparisons, and Drupal comes out very well indeed.
I disagree that a caching system is a "band-aid" solution. On the contrary, caching is fundamental to any performance improvement, whether it be caching whole pages as we do for anonymous users, or caching database query results in static variables within a single page request. The "core issue" is that Drupal is a flexible system, and it takes time to consider all the possibilities of how a Drupal site may be configured and to present the correct rendered page to the user. The development team cares very much about performance, and improvements to the code to speed things up are always carefully considered, but speed must always be weighed against power.
MMCache
I did install the latest version of MMCache. Now my sites that had decent times are blazing, but the drupal site I'm working on is still extremely slow.
The PHP pages I tested were Sendmail, PHProjekt, OSCommerce, and a few others. They are all very fast now, but my drupal site is chugging. Maybe I've done something wrong. I basically only have six static pages on the drupal site so far. Nothing else.
Any ideas???
I am really surprised that yo
I am really surprised that you describe other php packages as being fast and Drupal isn't. Considering the hardware specs I'd expect all of them to be slow. Can you try to disable as many modules as possible? Also using xdebug (http://xdebug.org) might help you find bottlenecks, ie particularly slow functions. Please report back we want to make Drupal as fast as possible.
The only modules I have insta
The only modules I have installed are:
block
comment
help
node
page
profile
taxonomy
The only content I have loaded are six static pages.
I am using xtemplate.
Please have a look: http://www.ncanpha.org/drupal-4.4.2/
I'm pulling up xdebug.org now to see if it will give me any leads.
Thanks!
Solution?
Hallo,
Have you ever got a solution to this? I like drupal, but on the site of my provider it is tooooo slow (over 10 up to 20 sec) to load a page. Have followed a lot of hints here in the forum, but nothing helped. Maybe you got some simple soution or hint what to try.
Thx, Willi
Power vs performance
Drupal has a lot more abstraction and power in some places (the content system for example) compared to other systems, which comes with some performance trade-offs.
Still, a lot of work is now going on in profiling and optimizing Drupal speedwise.