Drupal Hosting
Mike Hostetler
A Mountain Top, LLC
@mikehostetler
A few assumptions ...
Assumption #1:
Drupal needs hosting
Assumption #2:
Not all hosting is created equal
Assumption #3:
Not all Drupal needs the same hosting
This creates choices
A choice for you, as the Drupal expert
A choice for your client
How do I decide?
How do I help my client decide?
Ask the Drupal Spaceman
Just Kidding
Not Really ...
Decision #1
Decide what business
you are in?
Are you a designer?
Are you a developer?
Do you want to get phone calls at 2am?
You probably don't
Hosting is a completely different business
Redirect Hosting FAIL Anger
Answer #1:
Be the person who can call and yell at the hosting company on
behalf of your client
Decision #2:
Estimate the level of resources your site needs
Estimate your users
Estimate your nodes
Are you hosting or embedding Rich Media?
Estimate your traffic, in simultaneous users
Answer #2:
Planning and projecting your resources is critical to choosing your
hosting vendor
Decision #3:
Choose the type of hosting & the vendor
There are 4 major types of hosting
Shared Hosting
Virtual Private Servers
Dedicated Single-Server
Dedicated Multi-Server
TIP: Google cares about hosting
TIP: You probably need less then you think ...
TIP: Shared hosting is like replacing a Ferrari's engine with a Hamster Wheel
TIP: Before choosing a vendor, submit a support ticket and time the response
How do I find a vendor?
http://drupal.org/hosting
Ask people at a
Drupal Meetup or Camp
Decision #3:
Choose the level of Drupal performance tuning
After the site is built ...
Administer Site Configuration Performance
Caching Mode: Normal
Advanced Caching:
http://drupal.org/node/97347
Enable Page Compression
Enable Block Cache
(if appropriate)
Optimize CSS Files
DO NOT
Optimize Javascript Files
Test with Firebug and Yslow
http://getfirebug.com
http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow
Server Side Optimizations
APC Alternative PHP Cache
APC Alternative PHP Cache
Memcached
Decision #4
Plan how to keep your hosting company accountable
Netcraft Uptime Survey
http://uptime.netcraft.com
Netcraft Uptime Survey
http://uptime.netcraft.com
Pingdom
http://pingdom.com
Many other tools ...
Thank You
Mike Hostetler
A Mountain Top, LLC
@mikehostetler
http://amountaintop.com
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