Slow backend on local server

Hi, I’m testing the jaw-dropping MODx Revolution 2.0.0-beta-5 rev6224 on my local server. It’s fantastic but I find its backend to be quite slow (betwen 4&9 seconds to load a ressource).
My specs:
proc:p4ht
ram:1go
ext drive usb2
wampserver:
apache 2.2.11
mysql 5.1.41
php 5.3.0
Is it that caching doesn’t apply on the backend? (my pages load lightning fast but they are pretty slim right now )
-excuse my approximate english -ribbit-

Manuite,

That’s definitely not expected behaviour. Can you see if you’re getting any Apache segfaults or PHP errors? Also, check core/cache/logs/error.log.

And finally, can you tell me both your client and server versions of MySQL? It might be that your client is 5.0.51a, and the server is 5.1.41. 5.0.51a has multiple issues with PDO. Running setup/ will tell you which versions you have on the summary screen.

Indeed! I didn’t notice during install because everything was listed ok.

Checking MySQL server version: OK! Running: 5.1.41-community-log
Checking MySQL client version: OK! Running: 5.0.5-081106-$Revision:1.3.2.27$

What would be the procedure to fix this? Thanks (nice banjo btw).

Well those 2 versions should be o.k., you shouldnt have any problems there.

1. Are you behind a proxy of some sort?
2. Does this happen on every mgr page, or only the Home one?
3. Are there any apache errors? Like segfaults?

Quote from: Manuite at Jan 11, 2010, 01:52 PM

Indeed! I didn’t notice during install because everything was listed ok.

Checking MySQL server version: OK! Running: 5.1.41-community-log
Checking MySQL client version: OK! Running: 5.0.5-081106-$Revision:1.3.2.27$

What would be the procedure to fix this? Thanks (nice banjo btw).

I’m using these versions of MySQL server/client on my wampserver setup with no lag, the manager backend is pretty fast for me.

1. I use privoxy but it’s disabled (and should be bypassed on localhost)
2. It happens on every page
3. I don’t have any segfault on my apache log, only a few missing files. (default verbosity from wampserver install I believe).

Thanks for your help, don’t waste you time on this, it’s kind of a minor issue. I might be able to deploy it on a fast server soon (hopefully).
I’ll install it on Ubuntu 9.04 to have a better feel of it ;-) (I’ll definitely make the switch when adobe releases cs4 for linux ha ha ha)

[offtopic]Missing files from apache log:
[Mon Jan 11 21:40:13 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: E:/Mes Sites/ModxRev5/manager/assets/modext/widgets/core/modx.msg.js, referer: http://localhost/Modxrev5/manager/
[Mon Jan 11 21:40:48 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: E:/Mes Sites/ModxRev5/manager/assets/modext/util/filetree/img/silk/icons/plugin.png, referer: http://localhost/Modxrev5/manager/?a=30&id=1
[Mon Jan 11 21:40:56 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: E:/Mes Sites/ModxRev5/manager/assets/modext/util/filetree/img/silk/icons/plugin.png, referer: http://localhost/Modxrev5/manager/?a=19&id=3
[Mon Jan 11 21:41:38 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: E:/Mes Sites/ModxRev5/manager/assets/modext/widgets/core/modx.msg.js, referer: http://localhost/Modxrev5/manager/
[Mon Jan 11 21:41:39 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: E:/Mes Sites/ModxRev5/manager/assets/modext/widgets/core/modx.msg.js, referer: http://localhost/Modxrev5/manager/
[Mon Jan 11 21:41:58 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: E:/Mes Sites/ModxRev5/manager/assets/modext/util/filetree/img/silk/icons/plugin.png, referer: http://localhost/Modxrev5/manager/templates/default/css/index.css
[Mon Jan 11 21:42:05 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: E:/Mes Sites/ModxRev5/manager/assets/modext/util/filetree/img/silk/icons/plugin.png, referer: http://localhost/Modxrev5/manager/templates/default/css/index.css

Let me take a stab at this:

USB drives are notoriously slow and windows will be trying to cache to it (as it does all active drives it has access to).
1 GB of RAM? I hope you are running XP and even that is stretching it -- Windows XP itself needs at least a gig to start loosening up to a halfway decent usable system.

On top of that you are running multiple servers.

The other issue is that some USB drives like to go to sleep (ALOT -- Seagate cough) and you have to spend time waiting for it to spin up.

There is firmware available to help with that issue.

If you don’t have Ubuntu already installed I would try openSuse. It will get you up and running quite a bit faster with more people willing to help. If you are a developer then look at running Fedora as they are really keen on keeping plenty of IDEs around. To get ready to work on REVO in Fedora 12, I simply installed mysql, then phpeclipse. That got apache and a slew of other stuff up and running and I was ready to get to work in an hour or so from empty drives.

If openSuse would get newer IDEs (especially phpEclipse or EclipsePDT) I would move back there.