Improving Server Speed

[etrader]

I have two websites with the same script (based on Joomla), one hosted on a shared hosting, and one on a dedicated server.

 

As the scripts are identical, it is expected to have the same speed for both websites, but the site hosted on the shared hosting is about 3 times faster. As the server speeds are similar (based on download speed), I think it is due to the apache configuration, as it takes a longer time to read the script from the server.

 

Do you have a solution to improve the speed of a fresh apache installed on a server ?

 

Thanks 

[steviewdr]

It could be the MySQL database.

 

Typically shared hosting servers have fast mysql db's, where as a dedicated server has to use its own.

 

Try this:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mybench

 

-steve

[etrader]

Thanks Steve

 

My guess is this too, but the software you introduced is quite old and in alpha version. Not very safe for a live website.

[steviewdr]

Indeed, that mybench script is old. It worked fine for me, albeit I just ran it twice to quickly compare the performance of 2 mysql servers.

 

Anyways, if you want to do some real testing of your server take a look at:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-benchmarks.html

 

-steve