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deeplist
deeplist•9th of January 2009
 
I've been playing with 6.1.4 on a test server. I am impressed with the features and functionality. This software does everything I need it to do. But I am NOT impressed with the performance and bandwidth consumption. Even on a dedicated server, this software is a resource HOG. I have been anxiously waiting for Dolphin 7 to come out. I see the code is going to be restructured so hopfully, it is a lot more server resource friendly. I have a few people who are going to want this software as their CMS, see more but I have been putting off building their sites because there is no purpose in buying licenses for 6.1.4 (and then later upgrading) when 7 is "supposedly" right around the corner. Please at least give us a time frame or something! I am half tempted to just purchase phpFox and develop the sites on that. I'm running out of time and patience.
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LeatherSportB
LeatherSportB•11th of January 2009•to deeplist
 
The site requires too many resources in a number of areas.
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The number one issue I see is there are way too many joins with out indexes required and this kills the database performance!
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Ideally there would be NO joins without indexes. This is just poor table layout and script design.
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The second issues that comes to mind is the way everything is broken down.
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Code reuse is great but all those includes add overhead for the web server.
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The number of javascript and css files (27) see more that must be downloaded is also an issues for the server and the clients.
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A default install of Dolphin 6.1.4 gives a 'Yahoo Performance Grade: F(39)' you can run this test on your own sites by downloading the YSlow plugin for FireFox...
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Its just sad that a 2 x 3.06Ghz server with 4GB of RAM and 6x 10K RPM SCSI drives with optimized mysql and php using eAccelerator I can only serve about 20 pages per second when testing the home page.
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The same server can server over 1200 'hello world' test pages per second!
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Anyway... Rant over.
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LeatherSportB
LeatherSportB•11th of January 2009•to deeplist
 
The site requires too many resources in a number of areas. The number one issue I see is there are way too many joins with out indexes required and this kills the database performance! Ideally there would be NO joins without indexes. This is just poor table layout and script design. The second issues that comes to mind is the way everything is broken down. Code reuse is great but all those includes add overhead for the web server. The number of javascript and css files (27) that must be downloaded see more is also an issues for the server and the clients. A default install of Dolphin 6.1.4 gives a 'Yahoo Performance Grade: F(39)' you can run this test on your own sites by downloading the YSlow plugin for FireFox... Its just sad that a 2 x 3.06Ghz server with 4GB of RAM and 6x 10K RPM SCSI drives with optimized mysql and php using eAccelerator I can only serve about 20 pages per second when testing the home page. The same server can server over 1200 'hello world' test pages per second! Anyway... Rant over.
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SpotMan
SpotMan•6th of February 2009•to deeplist
 
Good points. I am in the exact same predicament. I was ready to buy licenses, but now I am unsure. I'm looking at other options.

Let's look at the business impacts to Boonex that has been created by their annoucements and follow through.

Let's assume 5 customers per week were ready to buy a minimum of 4 licenses, but because of the announcement of Release 7 being close or just around the corner, they wish to wait.

5 customers x 5 licenses x $39 x 10 weeks thereabouts since annoucement see more = $9750. Boonex can plug-in more realistic numbers based on their historical trends.

So anyway, if we use these assumptions, the impact of a premature annoucement is $10,000 since the end of November. Experienced product managers and project managers get reprimanded, replaced or even fired for this kind of thing because most companies cannot afford to create false expectations and bad will for their customers.

I hope the next product annoucement from Boonex will lay out a realistic plan that customers can depend on so that the users and paying customers can adjust their own business plans.
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