PHP is slow. This should not be a huge revelation for any of us, and this is not because PHP is a bad programing language, or because Python or Ruby are better. This is because it is an interpreted language. Every time you execute a PHP script it is going to do the exact same [...]
Here’s my quick install guide for Solr, Tomcat, and Drupal ApacheSolr module for multiple sites. Mostly I based the steps below from the following sites: wiki.apache.org and drupalconnect.com. Detailed Setup: Drupal 6.19 ApacheSolr module 6-1.1 Apache Solr PHP Client Library: Rev.22 Solr 1.4.1 Tomcat 6.0.29 SunJDK 6update21 RHEL5.5×64 Install Process: Tomcat Create solr user Download [...]
Tags: apachesolr·solr·tomcat
Last December I gave a talk at the Chicago Drupal Meet Up on increasing your Drupal site’s performance. I thought I would share the slides from that presentation with everyone – so here it is. I tried to cover a fairly wide array of topics at a high level. We started with page load performance [...]
Tags: Drupal performance
