FAQ: Load testing a store demonstration
"Ask Sonassi" are excerpts taken from email responses to customer enquiries, used to quickly help inform you as a customer Now you've provided a free demonstration of our store on MageStack. We want to run some speed tests to supplement the report you have provided, what tools do you recommend? Would GTMetrix or LoadImpact be … Continue reading
Tucking your store in for the New Year
Congratulations, you've survived peak and you and your team can finally go home and relax with your family; but there's just a few things to do first. More often than not, most stores run a skeleton staff between 25th Dec and 4th Jan - and perhaps you are one of those. The downside to this … Continue reading
Its that time of year again, we're closed for Christmas
Our Christmas Opening Hours During the Christmas and New Year's Holidays, Sonassi will be offering remote technical support from Dec 23rd to Jan 4th. Office hours technical support will resume regular hours (10 am to 6 pm GMT) beginning Jan 4th. During these dates, our staff will be operating remotely - so calls to our … Continue reading
Testing Magento admin performance
Whilst migrating a customer website, testing had shown a poor admin area performance. In order to rectify the issue, it was important to have a CLI tool available to repeatedly test specific URLs. Testing the front-end is easy - you just use mage-perftest - but testing the admin area is more difficult, as it requires … Continue reading
FAQ: Do you have an option to patch Magento
"Ask Sonassi" are excerpts taken from email responses to customer enquiries, used to quickly help inform you as a customer Do you guys have an option where you can carry out the site and server patches Of course we do, there are varying support plans that are inclusive of expert support like this and others … Continue reading
FAQ: How does Sonassi compare to AWS
"Ask Sonassi" are excerpts taken from email responses to customer enquiries, used to quickly help inform you as a customer How does Sonassi compare to AWS from a support and hardware perspective There’s very little comparison between Sonassi and AWS - because we offer completely different products and services. Sonassi is a specialist managed Magento … Continue reading
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 of firewall Hardware firewall Intrusion detection device Web application firewall A DOS filter AES256 hardware … 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 Over 90% utilisation risk data loss Read more about healthy disk utilisation Identifying large files … 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 from the Magento.com download section - however, you can also use our Magento download mirror … 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 indexes to manual Disable store logging Disable customer logging Perform database housekeeping Investigate flat catalogue … Continue reading