Month: November 2015
FAQ: What makes Sonassi more secure
"Ask Sonassi" are excerpts taken from email responses to customer enquiries, used to quickly help inform you as a customer What makes Sonassi more secure As standard you’ll get … All your servers are in their own VLAN Three levels … Continue reading
Analysing large files in Git repository
Often I come across stores where they are consuming significantly more disk space than they should be. A healthy stack runs when the disk drives are under 50% utilised, Over 50% utilisation risks performance degradation Over 80% utilisation risks downtime … Continue reading
Vulnerability scanner
MageStack has a built in vulnerability scanner, which performs a number of roles Detects common PHP exploits Detects Magento 3rd party module exploits Identifies potentially compromised files Identifies abnormal files Checks if all available Magento patches have been applied The … Continue reading
Patching SUPEE-6788
Unlike many other Magento patches, SUPEE-6788 is not quite a case of fit and forget, it is a complex patch that requires several changes to be made to the store after application. Where to download Its best downloading the patch … Continue reading
Performance Check-list
This article is part of a series, Preparing for Peak, I'd recommend reading our other other articles too. Quick TTFB Wins Measure your starting TTFB and total page load time Enable all store caches Utilise Redis cache backend Set all … Continue reading
Advanced ways to improve Magento total load time
This article is part of a series, Preparing for Peak, I'd recommend reading our other other articles too. Don't shave time, take chunks from it Beyond quick Magento total load time performance wins, there's a lot more that can be … Continue reading
Quick wins to improve Magento total load time
This article is part of a series, Preparing for Peak, I'd recommend reading our other other articles too. Don't shave time, take chunks from it Once you've tackled the TTFB of your store, its time to move on to improving … Continue reading
Limit/block bad bots
MageStack has native functionality to prioritise certain "good" bots (Google, Bing, Yahoo, Pingdom) and to reduce priority of "bad" third party bots (Majestic SEO, Rogerbot etc.), this is handled within the WAF itself, see DOS filter rules for more information. … Continue reading
Advanced ways to improve Magento TTFB
This article is part of a series, Preparing for Peak, I'd recommend reading our other other articles too. Spend time shaving time Beyond quick Magento performance wins, there's a lot more that can be done to improve performance; but these … Continue reading
Quick wins to improve Magento TTFB
This article is part of a series, Preparing for Peak, I'd recommend reading our other other articles too. Save time shaving time There are a series of basic adjustments you can make to your store to improve performance, often without … Continue reading