http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/taxonomy/term/85/0 en http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/speeding-snail-and-making-drupal-scale <p>Like all frameworks, Drupal comes with a performance cost, but there are many ways to minimise that cost.</p> <p>This session explores different and complementary ways to improve performance, covering topics such as caching techniques, performance tuning, and Drupal configuration.</p> <p>We'll touch on benchmarking before presenting the results from applying each of the performance techniques against copies of a number of real-world Drupal sites.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> I work as a PHP software engineer for Ibuildings where I specialise in delivering websites with Drupal and integrating SAAS/SOA components. I&#039;ve developed websites for the NHS, local government and a national TV broadcaster. When I&#039;m not in front of a computer, I can often be found scrambling up muddy hills or scuba diving in murky quarries. </div> </div> </div> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/speeding-snail-and-making-drupal-scale#comments benchmarks caching scalability Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:53:40 +0000 manarth 923 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org