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When to Pressflow Vs. Drupal

Presenters:

Matthew Dorman | Rasheed Barnes

July 24, 2010

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Overview

■ Differences between platforms

■ Performance improvements in PressFlow

■ Compatibility issues with PressFlow

■ Test Procedures/Results

■ Q & A

■ Open Topics / Discussion

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Platform Differences

■ Support Community

■ Adoption Numbers

■ Fork?

■ Security Tests

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Pressflow Performance Improvements

■ Lazy Sessions

■ DB Replication

■ PHP Refactoring

■ MySQL Only

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Pressflow Compatibility

■ Difficult to fully determine, due to adoption rate

■ Session Availability

■ Supports MySQL Only

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Testing - Tools

■ ab - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html

■ Jmeter - http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/

■ Siege - http://www.joedog.org/index/siege-home 

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Testing - Best Practices (1/2)

■ Use same hardware configuration and kernel (OS)

■ Use same network configuration

■ First record server load using top or uptime command

■ Take at least 3-5 readings

■ Reboot the server and carry out test on next

configuration

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Testing - Best Practices (2/2)

■ Again record server load using top or uptime

command

■ Retest using static html/php files and dynamic pages

■ Test during identical/similar traffic loads

■ Clear Cache!

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Testing - Your Traffic Profile

■ Authenticated

■ Unauthenticated

■ Editors

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Testing - Potential Hurdles

■ Bandwidth (Munin)

■ MySQL (Munin / MySQL Enterprise Monitor)

■ Workstation

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Testing - Understanding the Results

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Testing - Understanding the Results (cont.)

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Q & A

You ask, we'll answer

(or someone else hopefully)

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Open Topics

■ Should I use PressFlow?

■ How Can I Make Drupal Fast?

■ What about Acquia?

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Contact Information

Rasheed Barnes

@fingerpistols

linkedin.com/in/rasheednyc

Matthew Dorman

@matthewdorman

linkedin.com/in/matthewdorman

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Trademark References

Pressflow is a trademark of Four Kitchens, LLC.

Drupal is a registered trademark of Dries Buytaert.

Apache is a trademark of The Apache Software Foundation.

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