Month: February 2013
Deconstructing the cache image path on Magento
Deconstructing the cache image path /media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/m/e/me-d1_2.jpg |___________________________|_|_____|________________________________|_|_|__________| | | | | | | | Cache Directory | | | | | | Mage/Catalog/Model/Product/Media/Config.php | | | | getBaseMediaPath() | | | | | | | | | | | | … Continue reading
APC and Memcache with Magento
You need to understand the clear distinction between these two products to understand how to use them. APC is both an OPCode Cache and Fast Backend Memcache is just a Fast Backend Using APC as an OPCode Cache Simply install … Continue reading
MySQL and Magento Peformance Tuning
Define performance Do you mean the page load time for a single user, or the overall capacity/total concurrency? The two are very distinctly different - and not strictly related. It is entirely possible to have a fast store with limited … Continue reading
Multiple SOLR Cores for Magento on Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS/RedHat
On Debian/Ubuntu The most straightforward installation is pretty easy using tomcat and your package manager. The dependencies will be met automatically. apt-get install tomcat6 On CentOS/RedHat You need to grab some alternative repo's to make this possible Eg. rpm -Uvh … Continue reading
Magento with Varnish
Is Varnish right for you? Varnish isn't the be-all and end-all of Magento performance. Its great to offset load from bots & window-shoppers - but it shouldn't be your first port of call to actually making your store faster. In … Continue reading
The Best Magento Server Set Up
We recently came across an all-too-commonly asked question over at Stack Exchange - that was worthy of a lengthy answer on our blog. Our client we are currently working with has a requirement that first response from the web server … Continue reading