Improving the responsiveness of the server

[Yogesh Sarkar]

I have a vbulletin forum running vbseo as well, right now I am thinking of caching just the images, javascripts and css files. In such a scenario what will I need to do (running WHM server with Apache Config).

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Actually I managed to shave off another .2 to .3 seconds by serving JS files through Google.

But the thing is, these are the times of US based test server. In case of India, due to latency and slower internet speeds, these delays become bigger. And while I can't really reduce the hoops in the connection or move the server to India due to insanely expensive bandwidth, I am trying to speed up things as much as I can on the serve side.

Will try and see if I can implement that /dev/shm trick, if not, I will bother you again with that. For now I am checking with my host on swapping out the SATA drive for an Intel SSD, maybe that would do the trick.

[eva2000]

disable facebook connect

serve all static files via cdn which is supported for vbseo ie. maxcdn

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Thanks George for the suggestions, but Facebook connect is actively use on our forum for both registration and sharing of posts.

And believe it or not, when I did the same test on vbseo forum to check the effectiveness of maxcdn, it actually showed similar results! Right now I am contemplating running lighttpd or varnish for static files, either on the same server or on our backup server in Europe. Of course if I can speed up things without making them more complicated, then that is always better for a lazy person like me .

So waiting first for WT's response on SSD, that 240GB 520 is now available for a mouth watering price.