Optimise PHP & Apache Configuration

[Quackers]

Originally Posted by FN-Greatermanchester

That would be good thanks!

If all else fails i will try linux. What distro do you recomend? Preferably one with a GUI

Thanks

Z

Installing PHP5 on Windows 2003 and IIS6 | PHP | Web Technologies- VideoTutorialZone.com

Its the one i followed.

[tomscaper]

Originally Posted by FN-Greatermanchester

That would be good thanks!

If all else fails i will try linux. What distro do you recomend? Preferably one with a GUI

Thanks

Z

I was recomended using ubuntu use the GUI first and then get used to the command line structure, once your confident with that you could always move over to command line only later on.

[FN-GM]

Originally Posted by Geoff

The basic problem is that you are using Windows are your platform. While I don't deny it works, apache generates a lot of context switches. This totally destroys performance. You have a couple of ways of avoiding this however.

1) Change your webserver software. Basically use IIS.
2) Change your OS to one that handles Apache better. Basically use a *nix OS.

Ok got the site running on IIS and its the same

take a look


Any more suggestions please?

[maniac]

Have you tried it on a different server? If you tried it on IIS and apache and got the same results, I'm leaning towards some sort of hardware problem like a dodgey NIC interface or simelar? Maybe drivers for things like the NIC need looking at, they could hold up proceedings if they were handling traffic badly.

just a thought,

Mike.

[Jona]

It must be something to do with your images / css / php processing something that happens the first time you load because the first time it's very slow after that it's fine.

You apparently have 3 broken images
Which probably isn't helping.

There is a report of this problem and some potential fixes here: Joomla! • View topic - Slow loading Joomla 1.5 site
also here:
Joomla! • View topic - Long iniital load times for Joomla site

[FN-GM]

Have you tried it on a different server? If you tried it on IIS and apache and got the same results, I'm leaning towards some sort of hardware problem like a dodgey NIC interface or simelar? Maybe drivers for things like the NIC need looking at, they could hold up proceedings if they were handling traffic badly.

just a thought,

Mike.

no i have the IIS install on an a separate workstation, the apache server is still up and running just not connected.

You apparently have 3 broken images:
1.
2.
3.
Which probably isn't helping.

those images are missing out of the original package, i will try altering some code to get them working.

Thanks for the link will look at them in a minute.

Cheers

[ZeroHour]

What spec is the server?
If its fast on localhost but slow elsewhere then it can be dns issues.

[FN-GM]

Originally Posted by ZeroHour

What spec is the server?
If its fast on localhost but slow elsewhere then it can be dns issues.

the apache server is:

3ghz xeon
4gb ram

the IIS is:

2ghz ADM something..
1gb ram

[FN-GM]

AH HA!!!! I think i have cracked it, i will test and if it works good i will let you know.

Please can you see if it goes any faster?

Thanks for all the help

Zak

[webman]

Originally Posted by FN-Greatermanchester

AH HA!!!! I think i have cracked it, i will test and if it works good i will let you know.

Please can you see if it goes any faster?

What did you do?

[beeswax]

Originally Posted by webman

What did you do?

Come on Zak, what did you do?

[maniac]

Come on, we're all intrigued!!

[FN-GM]

Well...

I made a copy of my existing database. I made a new installation then edited the configuration.php file to point at the copy of the original database. Then copied all my images and files to my new installation. Once the site seemed to be running fine i copied it onto the main server and hey presto!

Z

[Netware]

great stuff