3 | | Dolphin 7 is a package of many scripts and it may perform very well only if the server is properly configured. Unfortunately, we have noticed that many server's default setups are very inefficient, often leading to false assumptions about Dolphin performance. In some cases hosting providers terminate accounts due to heavy load, although traffic is insignificant. This document covers very basic recommendations on how to improve your site performance by slightly changing your server configuration. Our research shows that a very poor and a very good combinations of setups may lead to up to '''2500%''' (25x) difference in execution times of certain files. |
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5 | | This recommendations are for dedicated or VPS server owners, however if you are on shared hosting and notice that your server configuration is inefficient you can ask your hosting support to change this settings on the server, so whole server would run faster. |
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7 | | You need root access to the server and have some skills on how to connect to the server using SSH terminal and know some basic command line tools, like navigating through directories and editing files. |
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9 | | '''Remember, making wrong changes can bring your server down!'''. So, be careful, backup everything you can and research more if unsure. |
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11 | | ''Fast and efficient server setup will lead to better page-load time, lower server resources consumption, smaller hosting bills, better search engine rankings and happier site visitors.'' |
| 3 | Dolphin 7 is a package of many scripts and it may perform very well only if the server is properly |
| 4 | configured. Unfortunately, we have noticed that many server default setups are very inefficient, |
| 5 | often leading to false assumptions about Dolphin performance. In some cases hosting providers |
| 6 | terminate accounts due to heavy load, although traffic is insignificant. This document covers very |
| 7 | basic recommendations on how to improve your site performance by slightly changing your server |
| 8 | configuration. Our research shows that very poor and very good combinations of setups may lead to |
| 9 | up to '''2500%''' (25x) difference in execution times of certain files. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | These recommendations are for dedicated or VPS server owners, however if you are on shared |
| 12 | hosting and notice that your server configuration is inefficient, you can ask your hosting support to |
| 13 | change these settings on the server, so the whole server would run faster. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | You will need root access to the server and also some skills on how to connect to the server using |
| 16 | SSH terminal and must know some basic command line tools, like navigating through directories |
| 17 | and editing files. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | '''Remember, making the wrong changes can take your server "down". So, be careful, backup |
| 20 | everything you can and research more if unsure.''' |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ''A fast and efficient server setup will lead to better page-load time, lower server resources |
| 23 | consumption, smaller hosting bills, better search engine rankings and happier site visitors.'' |