[consulting] Searching for company that specializes in speeding up websites

António P. P. Almeida appa at perusio.net
Wed Jul 6 16:36:40 UTC 2011


On 6 Jul 2011 16h58 WEST, joeghyde at gmail.com wrote:

> I GoDaddy server is a dedicated server. Usually and probably the
> mysql server is on the dedicated box. I doubt GoDaddy is the problem
> here.
>
> The site is not that slow from Texas. In fact, it seemed a little
> speedy. Which is good.
>
> Some things to do in order to speed things up:
>
> 1. varnish+pressflow for unautheticated users

Or nginx proxy_cache/fastcgi_cache (requires php-fpm or php-cgi). Less
resource intensive. Bleeding edge in the usage of syscalls and OS
facilities (FreeBSD and Linux).

The more recent your kernel, the better.

--- appa


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