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Ask HN: How to get my website running/loading faster

3 points by will_brown 13y ago

In regards to my start-up (www.ommageo.com) I have received a lot of great advice on HN. One thing no one mentioned was how slow my website loads, but it is a clear problem. Currently the website is hosted on a GoDaddy shared server, naturally I have considered upgrading to VPN or Dedicated, but I am not sure that will get me to the performance I am seeking. Bootstrapping the startup the hosting upgrade is an expensive and time consuming experiment (webpages/db) just to find out if this is going to solve the speed issues. Any insight, advice,or suggestions?

sdsk8 13y ago
Godaddy has a static cache option?
- will_brown 13y ago
  On shared hosting no, I am not sure if it is available on their VPN/Dedicated hosting plans.
  - sdsk8 13y ago
    Well, if you choose to go on a vps or dedicated hosting plan, will be easy to add a static cache on nginx and in your database, take a look qt these sites: http://www.6tech.org/2013/02/nginx-tuning-with-php-fpm-and-memcached/ http://www.6tech.org/2013/02/nginx-tuning-with-php-fpm-and-m... http://pureform.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/using-memcache-with-mysql-and-php/ http://pureform.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/using-memcache-with... And, if you can fit redis at this setup even a very small vps would handle more traffic than a shared hosting
GuiA 13y ago
What's your stack (including primary datastore)? What level of caching, if any, are you doing?
- will_brown 13y ago
  MySQL, No caching.
thekingshorses 13y ago
http://www.ommageo.com/ http://www.ommageo.com/ - Takes 4 seconds http://www.ommageo.com/js/function1.php?lati=&longi=&page=&keywords=&start=&end=&pid=&data=&vid=&day=&month=&year=&vip= http://www.ommageo.com/js/function1.php?lati=&longi=&page=&k... - takes 10+ seconds First request shouldn't take more than 300-400 ms. and 2nd request shouldn't take more than 1-2 seconds. Figure out why it takes that long. Use server side caching.
- will_brown 13y ago
  I appreciate framing the speed goal.

3 points by will_brown 13y ago

sdsk8 13y ago

Godaddy has a static cache option?

will_brown 13y ago
On shared hosting no, I am not sure if it is available on their VPN/Dedicated hosting plans.
- sdsk8 13y ago
  Well, if you choose to go on a vps or dedicated hosting plan, will be easy to add a static cache on nginx and in your database, take a look qt these sites: http://www.6tech.org/2013/02/nginx-tuning-with-php-fpm-and-memcached/ http://www.6tech.org/2013/02/nginx-tuning-with-php-fpm-and-m... http://pureform.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/using-memcache-with-mysql-and-php/ http://pureform.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/using-memcache-with... And, if you can fit redis at this setup even a very small vps would handle more traffic than a shared hosting

GuiA 13y ago

What's your stack (including primary datastore)? What level of caching, if any, are you doing?

will_brown 13y ago
MySQL, No caching.

thekingshorses 13y ago

http://www.ommageo.com/ http://www.ommageo.com/ - Takes 4 seconds http://www.ommageo.com/js/function1.php?lati=&longi=&page=&keywords=&start=&end=&pid=&data=&vid=&day=&month=&year=&vip= http://www.ommageo.com/js/function1.php?lati=&longi=&page=&k... - takes 10+ seconds First request shouldn't take more than 300-400 ms. and 2nd request shouldn't take more than 1-2 seconds. Figure out why it takes that long. Use server side caching.

will_brown 13y ago
I appreciate framing the speed goal.