DrupalCamps 2012

Drupal it all comes down to performance

Janis Janovskis

@PASSIVUS

http://passivemanagement.net

Drupalit all comes down to performance

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Drupalit all comes down to performance

WHY?

WHERE?

HOW?

:)

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Database level – wt … is cache?✔ cache_block✔ cache_bootstrap✔ cache_field✔ cache_form✔ cache_.....

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Database → cache_your_???();✔ cache_set✔ cache_get✔ ctools_include('object-cache');✔ ctools_object_cache_set('my_module', $id,

$object);✔ ctools_include('object-cache');✔ ctools_object_cache_clear('my_module', $id);

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Database → caching();✔ Query caching – query_cache_type=1✔ table caching – memcache✔ noSQL

➔ MongoDB➔ CouchDB➔ Reddis➔ ….

Drupalit all comes down to performance

PHP✔ APC✔ XCACHE✔ Remove redundant modules(code)✔ Profiling (Xhprof)

Drupalit all comes down to performance

PHP - Modules✔ entity_cache✔ boost (best on shared environments)✔ block_cache_alter✔ memcache api integration✔ apc integration✔ elysia cron (better cron job management)✔ ajax blocks

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Filesystem - backendFilesystem - backend✔ File size limitations (file field configurationFile size limitations (file field configuration✔ aggregate cssaggregate css✔ aggregate jsaggregate js✔ remove redundant css/jsremove redundant css/js✔ cdncdn

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Files –> front end();✔ Build in css/js architecture (“clearfix”)✔ Built in js framework (jQuery, + jQuery UI(D7✔ Image preloads

ADMIN

THEMETHEME

CONTENT

MODULE

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Performance → Web servers();✔ Load balancing✔ Apache mod_proxy✔ Ningx vs Apache✔ Varnish proxy caching

Drupalit all comes down to performance

TESTING YOUR BUILT

✔ DrupalWebTestCase✔ devel module → query information✔ views statistics✔ performance tests(jmeter)

Drupalit all comes down to performance

www.bounty.com✔ ~1.5 milj. users✔ Affiliate marketing solutions✔ Embed community✔ “Crapped” (not fresh) backend✔ Almost no documentation✔ Offline db integration

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Architecture

LOAD BALANCER

APACHE2

APACHE1 MEMCACHE1

MEMCACHE1

MYSQLFILE SERVERMYSQLMYSQLMYSQL

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Bounty → Improvements();✔ No panels✔ Block instances✔ By, by boot :)✔ Education – tutoring✔ Micro-sites✔ Code improvements(Documentation)✔ Removing redundancies (profile module)

Drupalit all comes down to performance

www.savethechildren.org.uk✔ 25 editors✔ UI friendly configuration

➔ Panels➔ Context➔ Views➔ Pages

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Architecture

LOAD BALANCER

MYSQL

varnish1

varnish1

apache1

apache2

memcache1

memcache2

MYSQLMYSQL

files

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Save the Children → improvements();✔ Memcache✔ Profiling with xhprof, devel✔ Contributing to community✔ Education✔ … I am still on this role …..

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Improvements → personal();✔ Analysing✔ Contributing✔ Training✔ Sharing

Drupalit all comes down to performance

Thanks

http://passivemanagement.net

janis.janovskis@passivemanagement.net

@PASSIVUS