To use filecache, you need to set $wgShowIPinHeader = false; Also, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Aaron_Schulz/How_to_make_MediaWiki_fast -Aaron
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Dawson" <costel...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:52 AM To: "Wikimedia developers" <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki Slow, what to look for? > Modified config file as follows: > > $wgUseDatabaseMessage = false; > $wgUseFileCache = true; > $wgMainCacheType = "CACHE_ACCEL"; > > I also installed xcache and eaccelerator. The improvement in speed is > huge. > > 2009/1/27 Aryeh Gregor > <simetrical+wikil...@gmail.com<simetrical%2bwikil...@gmail.com> >> > >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Dawson <costel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello, I have a couple of mediawiki installations on two different >> > slices >> at >> > Slicehost, both of which run websites on the same slice with no speed >> > problems, however, the mediawiki themselves run like dogs! >> > http://wiki.medicalstudentblog.co.uk/ Any ideas what to look for or >> > ways >> to >> > optimise them? I still can't get over they need a 100mb ini_set in >> settings >> > to just load due to the messages or something. >> >> If you haven't already, you should set up an opcode cache like APC or >> XCache, and a variable cache like APC or XCache (if using one >> application server) or memcached (if using multiple application >> servers). Those are essential for decent performance. If you want >> really snappy views, at least for logged-out users, you should use >> Squid too, although that's probably overkill for a small site. It >> also might be useful to install wikidiff2 and use that for diffs. >> >> Of course, none of this works if you don't have root access. (Well, >> maybe you could get memcached working with only shell . . .) In that >> case, I'm not sure what advice to give. >> >> MediaWiki is a big, slow package, though. For large sites, it has >> scalability features that are almost certainly unparalleled in any >> other wiki software, but it's probably not optimized as much for quick >> loading on small-scale, cheap hardware. It's mainly meant for >> Wikipedia. If you want to try digging into what's taking so long, you >> can try enabling profiling: >> >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Profiling#Profiling >> >> If you find something that helps a lot, it would be helpful to mention >> it. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
