How to find performance bottlenecks?

[222fbj]

I'm running Joomla on a shared server (Basic Plan). I'm still in development mode so only a few test users now. Loading browser pages seems slow. Can you recommend server/net tests or reports I could/should use to begin understanding my server performance?

[Stone1555]

Are you on a shared web host plan or vps?

[222fbj]

Shared (basic plan) as per http://steadfast.net/services/shared.php

[brad]

Hi,

Luckily one of the better aspects of being on a shared server is everything has been tweaked time and again for good performance. About all you'd want to check (and would have access to) is the relative load times for each aspect of your page. I particularly like this:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3371/

What seems like a sluggish server can often just be an include that's holding everything up by arriving from another down/loaded server.

I'd also recommend enabling your error log in H-Sphere. One of the more common causes of pages taking excessive times to load is a lack of available PHP processes (we govern them to 8-12 maximum simultaneous). If neither helps, of course feel free to send in a ticket.

Brad

[222fbj]

Thanks Brad. I'll try your suggestions.

[Jednorozec]

I particularly like this:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3371/

Unfortunately that addon doesn't work with recent versions of Firefox.