Although I have found 7 to be slower then 6, the improvements are worth the trouble. If you use an opcode cache like APC, you can negate some of the extra bootstrap code that causes the slower response. Depending how often code changes using something like Varnish will help also.
Hi Drupal ExpertsIs there any performance comparision data available between Drupal 6 and Drupal 7.If somebody need to start a developemnt for a big site (involving huge database operations, search engine tika/apachesolr etc), which one is recomonded D6 or D7.Thanks a lot.Austin
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