Make Drupal Run Fast - increase page load speed

Configuration, Set-Up & Performance

Intermediate

45 minutes (+15 minutes Q&A)

Room:

We will cover:

What is page load speed? – Tools used to measure performance of your pages and site – Six Key Improvements to make Drupal “run fast”
++ Performance Module settings and how they work
++ Caching – biggest gainer and how to implement Boost
++ Other quick hits: off loading search, tweaking settings & why running crons is important
++ Ask your host about APC and how to make sure its set up correctly
++ Dare we look at the database? Easy changes that will help a lot!
Monitoring Best practices – what to set up to make sure you know what is going on with your server – What if you get slashdoted? Recommendation on how to quickly take cover from a rhino.