eZ 3.5.2 - help with speed-up tweaks?

Tuesday 24 May 2005 3:11:38 pm

Hi folks,

We've just launched a new site to production, and I'm looking for some help in further optimizations I may not yet have performed. Page load times are excellent (.075 seconds) with all of the below features enabled, plus eAccelerator installed (on a P4 3.2ghz), and cache blocks in strategic spots:

[ContentSettings]
TranslationList=
ViewCaching=enabled
CachedViewModes=full;sitemap;pdf;popup_generic
PreViewCache=enabled
PreCacheSiteaccessArray[]=<ourpubsitename>

[TemplateSettings]
NodeTreeCaching=enabled
TemplateCache=enabled
TemplateCompile=enabled

Here's what I need help with. Whenever new content is published, page load times go way up. Whenever I make template changes, clear cache and recompile templates, page load times are HORRIBLE the first time a given page is loaded. Think 6-10 seconds -- way too slow.

What else can I do that I haven't already done to speed up this first page load before everything is cached? I've thought of resorting to using some sort of Web site spidering tool to crawl the whole site, load all the pages, and get it over with.

Any other suggestions?

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chirsch{AT}gmail{d.t}com

Tuesday 24 May 2005 11:30:37 pm

Hi Craig

What version of eZ are you using? Versions prior to 3.52 had issues with the precache generation.

When you make changes to the templates have you tried compiling the templates by hand using the bin/php/eztc.php script?

I suspect that you will encounter the same issues even if you spider the site.

Do you have a URL that we can look at?

Cheers
Bruce

My Blog: http://www.stuffandcontent.com/
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Thursday 02 June 2005 4:51:13 pm

Hi Craig

Have you turned on debugging and looked at the timings table?

When you say "I am doing a LOT of dynamic image resizing", do you mean that you are not using the eZ publish image resizing?

While I haven't looked at the code that handles the images and cache clearing, I'd doubt that the image variations would be cleared from the system each time the cache is cleared.

Cheers
Bruce

My Blog: http://www.stuffandcontent.com/
Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/brucemorrison
Consolidated eZ Publish Feed : http://friendfeed.com/rooms/ez-publish