Drupal Boost Module - Measurable Performance Improvements - DrupalCamp Asheville

Here's a Summary of my Presentation at DrupalCamp Asheville (NC), September 18, 2010.

 We tested Boost on www.busbeetruckparts.com and a test version of www.tylerbrothers.net.  Both of these sites have mostly anonymous users and fairly static content.  They are both hosted on a shared hosting service.  These factors make them good candidates for Boost.

You can get to the Boost Project at www.drupal.org/project/boost.

Apache Bench (ab) is a performance measurement tool that comes with Apache.  It comes natively on a Mac.  If you are using a PC, you need to load the WAMP or XAMPP stack to get Apache and ab.   Some links about ab and XAMPP: 

 XAMPP or XAMPP lite on a Windows machine:

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html#646

More info on the process: 

http://justthesam.com/2009/04/apache-bench-notes/​

The results for me were quite significant improvements.  Please see the PDF for data and charts.