Over the last few months I’ve started enabling PHP realpath_cache_size and realpath_cache_ttl for the performance benefits. At the time I followed the settings I found here. It bugged me that I was blindly setting the size of the cache without actually know what and how much storage was being used. In this post I will show you […]
Best WordPress Cache Plugin: Cachify
August 31, 2016 by Hayden JamesThis blog post was originally posted just over 2 years ago. WordPress Cache plugin options have changed a lot since then. As such, I’m updating this list of 5 best WordPress plugins. Three of the five listed have been replaced! Are you already using a Wordpress Cache Plugin? I’ve tried many WordPress caching plugins over the years and after much testing, I’m able […]
50 Top Server Monitoring & Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Solutions
August 25, 2016 by Hayden JamesBack in 2014, I compiled a list of the top 20 server performance monitoring solutions. Largely because I already had a list saved locally for my own reference. Posting that list publicly was a great way to gain feedback and recommendations on other tools available. In fact, most of the companies listed below were not included in my initial top 20 list. […]
Avoid This When Tuning MySQL Query Cache for Performance
August 12, 2016 by Hayden JamesOne of the most misconfigured MySQL performance features, is MySQL Query Cache Size. Just last month I was optimizing a web server with 32 gigabytes of RAM where the existing config had MySQL’s query cache size set to 4 gigabytes. The thought behind it seems to be that more is better. Since the server has free RAM available, setting MySQL Query […]
Tuning MySQL: my.cnf, avoid this common pitfall!
July 19, 2016 by Hayden JamesCaution: Don’t overwrite your entire my.cnf at once when tuning MySQL. One or two changes per restart, benchmark, then continue. Take backups first and be careful! It took me some time to decide the title for this article. MariaDB has been fast replacing MySQL as a growing number of Linux distributions now default to MariaDB over MySQL. In […]