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By radiofranky2006 on
dreamhost is very slow...my everage page load time is about 10 to 20sec...with minimum module enabled.
sighs.. although the service is cheap and with multiple domains, but what you pay is what you get. :(
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I've noticed that too in the past couple weeks
I checked the server load -- that's fine. Static pages load fine.
So my conclusion is that the database server is overloaded. Anyone know a way to check that?
I almost emailed support about it, but it got better right before I sent it. But it's bad right this moment.
-- Ben
We've had problems with Dreamhost and MySQL
However, I've been with them for about 10 years now and they are great for affordable webserver stuff. Today we use them to serve up large media files on the html level, and would not hesitate to host a static html site with them. It's just that their database configuration (on a separate machine, with a narrow pipeline, afaict) leaves very much to be desired.
On the other hand, when it comes to compex websites that are more than your typical blog or BBS software, it seems that most of the shared hosting plans will leave you vulnerable. We've pulled almost all of our client sites off of a shared host that, until the past few months, rated at the top for service and reliability, because we were facing repeated and persistent shut-downs and slow-downs. It's just not worth it.
Today we won't do any hosting on anything less than a robust VPS environment (if not a dedicated server), and advise our clients on shared systems caveat emptor. All it takes is Joe Blow sending a zillion spam messages to bump way up the server load, and your database-driven site is suddenly craaawwwwwwwwwlllllliiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng.
Laura
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Thumbs up for VPS
I agree with Laura, the VPS is a way to go. In no way am I being critical of Dreamhost's shared hosting plans...this is just the nature of shared hosting plans. After bouncing around a number of shared hosting plans, there is not one that really met my needs when it came to Drupal. I use a VPS for several low traffic Drupal sites...and not a single complaint by me or my clients.
One thing Laura doesn't mention is that if you're not confortable with managing your own server, a VPS or dedicated server may not be right for you. Though, there are companies and services out there that will manage the server for you.
My Drupal Site:
CMSReport
technically
a VPS is also shared.
Yes, a VPS technically
Yes, a VPS technically shares a dediicated server with other VPS...that's why they call it virtual. I know you probably know this, but since others might not understand the difference between shared hosting and Virtual Private Servers (also called Virtual Dedicated Servers)...here goes...
With virtualization...barring any hardware malfunctions or kernel problems...you can be assured resources given (specifically CPU and memory) are yours and yours alone. One of the issues with shared hosting is that if one or two sites are sucking CPU and/or memory resources it will limit the resources for others that are sharing the same host. With a VPS...you should have consistent performance which you don't always have with shared hosting. Many shared hosting plans try to attract customers by drive space and bandwidth, but really it's the CPU and memory that is the key to a well performing site.
The following is an excerpt from a FAQ on VPS with a hosting company I'm associated with, Dakota Hosting. Before the excerpt though, I'd like to put one disclaimer about VPS and Dedicated Servers though. If you don't have system administrative skills, you need to make sure you have someone available to manage your server. Unless of course, you're a natural geek and willing to learn (about half the Drupal community I believe). It took me about two months to get my VPS to a level of performance that I was happy with. In other words, just like Drupal...a VPS or dedicated server isn't for everyone.
Bryan
My Drupal Site:
CMSReport
I love my Linode.
Just don't try to do a stage1 Gentoo install on one. :)
may not be dreamhost
it may not be dreamhost. In Feb. drupal.org took about 20 seconds to load on my computer, but not for someone else I talked to.
http://www.drupalecommerce.com/hosts
Drupal ecommerce, at http://www.drupalecommerce.com
http://www.drupalecommerce.com/troubleshooting
http://www.drupalecommerce.com/modulesexplained
http://www.drupalecommerce.com/47vs46
http://www.drupalecommerce.com/howto
does this help? an article
does this help? an article about speeding up drupal 5.x on dreamhost a lot of the slowness i found was due to the excessive mysql calls