SSD
My old web server built on old spare parts had a hard disk crash a month ago. So I had to put it up on my BlueHost account while waiting to get hold of a new disk. I decided to try out a SSD disk, so I got hold of a 60gb IBM SSD disk. Without any optimizations, it can now handle double the traffic! I’ll continue to optimize tomorrow to get the most out of it. I’m doing an article on how to set up a LAMP server on Ubuntu Linux for WordPress with all the stuff needed to get W3 Total Cache, APC and other stuff working, because I can’t find a good article that describes everything. I will start writing on it tomorrow.
Vishnu NUK says
Your Site is SUPERP !! Very Fast Loading ,,,,, i feel i am using a localhost site !!!! can you please explain how to do this ??? Amazing Work !! Thankyou ! email admin@openw3.com
Jack Zimmermann says
Thanks!
A fast SSD disk (as explained above) helps a lot. My server is actually an old PC with a Intel Pentium 3 processor. Here’s the stuff I did to improve performance.
– I use the Genesis Framework, it’s fast, easy to modify and increased traffic by 20% just by changing to it! You can find it here: http://192.168.1.5:8083/go/genesis-sidebar/
– Optimize MySQL, you can find some good tools here: http://192.168.1.5:8083/optimize-mysql-for-speed-and-memory-use/
– Use W3 Total Cache Plugin
– Configure W3 Total Cache to use a CDN. I use Amazon Cloudfront. It’s dirt cheap and works great!
I’m actually working on adding a Varnish Cache in front of the server to speed it up even further. I’m still not satisfied with the speed, but I guess I’ll never will 🙂
Thanks for your comment, and I will write an article about my setup, but first it has to be super-super fast!
Vishnu NUK says
Thanks for replay. w8ting for your article !