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

[Alex Spangher]

Thanks for all of your advice!! I really appreciate it and it will go a long
way.  Its great to feel such community support and willingness to help on
these issues.  Thanks a lot, guys!

I am looking for a consultant to help me with this project.  If you are
interested, can you please send me:

1) How many years you have been working
2) How much you charge
3) The 3 clients you are most proud of

and nothing else!!

Thanks so much guys
Alex

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Sam Tresler <sam at treslerdesigns.com> wrote:

> Well I'm an idiot - I didn't want to spam the list, but it looks like I
> did! Sorry about that.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sam Tresler
> 646-246-8403
>
>
> On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, Sam Tresler wrote:
>
>  Hi Alex,
>>
>>  I didn't particular want to spam the consulting list. I work for Cadre
>> Web Hosting and I think we ought to be able to help with your request. We
>> offer a fully managed line of VPSs and our Performance Pack includes apc,
>> varnish, memcached - the caching software that everyone is referencing.
>>
>>  However, we are also attached to Advomatic, a top notch Drupal
>> development firm that can help diagnose performance problems in the code
>> itself that aren't hosting related.
>>
>>  Take a look at www.getcadre.com and see if it is in your price range.
>> I'm happy to offer a free telephone or email consultation to start the
>> process of optimizing your site.
>>
>> Regards, Sam Tresler
>> 646-246-8403
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, Alex Spangher wrote:
>>
>>  Our website is hosted by GoDaddy.  At GoDaddy, we have a dedicated
>>> server,
>>> and its about the largest/fastest server they offer.
>>>
>>> We need someone to look at our coding and determine why pages and queries
>>> go
>>> so slowly, and make recommendations as to how to speed it up.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:21 AM, jagdish chauhan <jagdish3625 at gmail.com
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi Alex,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Based on the your requirement,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are two possibilities for being site slow.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1)      Server is not configured properly
>>>>
>>>> 2)      Coding is not proper
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hence to get an exact idea what is the root cause of slow down we will
>>>> need
>>>> access to both client’s server and drupal installation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It will take 12 hours to analyze what is causing this slow down. If it’s
>>>> from custom coding then we can estimate based on the coding done.
>>>>
>>>> But if its default drupal coding (no customization from developer) then
>>>> the
>>>> cause for slow down is from server side which we can improve upto
>>>> 20-60%.
>>>>
>>>> It will take around 24 hours.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So if no custom coding is involved then site performance can be improved
>>>> up
>>>> to 40% in 24 hours.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But if coding is causing this slow down then we need access to coding to
>>>> estimate how much it will take to correct it. Without proper idea of
>>>> coding
>>>> we can’t estimate how much time it will take.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So over all job is 36 hours (assuming server is causing this slow down,
>>>> hence no modification in code. Only configuration server is needed).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Alex Spangher <alex2awesome at gmail.com
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am running a website and I am looking for a drupal company to help me
>>>>> speed it up.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   - Functional pages run very slow, such as:
>>>>>      - running query searches on:
>>>>>      http://www.edgestudio.com/**talent-library<http://www.edgestudio.com/talent-library>
>>>>>      - running query searches on:
>>>>>      http://www.edgestudio.com/**practice-scripts<http://www.edgestudio.com/practice-scripts>
>>>>>      - and so on
>>>>>
>>>>> What is an estimate of the cost to speed up this site?
>>>>>
>>>>> Please give me an estimate of the cost as well as a means of evaluating
>>>>> your company.  I'd rather not share specific information about routers
>>>>> and
>>>>> internet configurations; other companies have been able to give me a
>>>>> straight up cost, and I would much prefer that.  Thanks so much!
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
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>>>>
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