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Improvements to the Drupal.org infrastructure
Khalid, Dries and I posted an update on the Drupal Infrastructure today.
Improvements to the Drupal.org infrastructure
Thanks to Gerhard and the OSUOSL team for all the hard work to make these improvements actually happen.
Kieran
Read moreAutomated MySQL tuning script
Here's a script that was mentioned on the infrastructure list for tuning your MySQL database.
Read moreBlocking bad IPs with project honeypot
Hi, Drupal.org has been running project honeypot.
Today it was able to reduce between 5-10% of their traffic by blocking bad IPs. If you are running a high traffic site you might want to implement Project Honeypot. http://www.projecthoneypot.org
Read moreReducing DB load/need with fastpath file system cache
A file-based caching mechanism for serving up cached Drupal pages instead of using the database 'cache' table. This approach is generally faster since the web server doesn't need to initialize a database connection and crunch through a bunch of PHP files for an anonymous user hit.
This is in release candidate state.
Read moreDrupal Scalability / Userpoints
Two topics relating to Drupal will be presented and discussed in this seminar, followed by an open forum for discussing any Drupal related matters.
The first topic is about Performance Tuning and Optimization and Scalability of High Traffic Drupal sites. Building on experience with high traffic sites using Drupal, we will explore where bottleneck may be, how to avoid them, tuning tips and techniques, and tools for measuring performance.
Read moreDrupal memory consumption by core and modules
I create a 5.2 and 6.x patch for measuring how much memory a module takes, and also how much the whole Drupal page load takes.
The results are published here: Measuring memory consumption by Drupal bootstrap and modules.
Short version: in Drupal 6, modules are better off than in 5.2, but the bootstrap is a tad larger.
If anyone is interested in replicating the results with more realistic install profiles, please do so and publish your results/findings/recommendations.
Read morePresentation: Drupal performance tuning and optimization
OpenCraft hosted a 3.5 hour seminar that I presented on Drupal performance tuning and optimization. You can find the slides from the presentation there, which can be useful to some of you.
Read moreAre you storing your Drupal sites or configs in a version control system? If so, which?
Fast private file transfers the second
I've done a small patch, which makes fast private file transfers through X-Sendfile possible.
Instead of changing UI as the old one, this one just provides the possibility to specify a handler for file transferring:
http://drupal.org/node/74472#comment-323445
fago
Read moreUPEI.ca goes Drupal
A quick browse through many public-facing websites at the University of Prince Edward Island reveals a growing trend: UPEI has been converting many of its existing websites to Drupal.
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