Web Performance Tuning

Patrick Killelea

456 pages, parution le 15/03/2002 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

As long as there's been a Web, people have been trying to make it faster. The maturation of the Web has meant more users, more data, more bells and whistles, and consequently longer waits on the Web. Improved performance has become one of the most important factors in determining the usability of both the Web in general and of individual sites in particular.

Web Performance Tuning is about getting the best performance from the Web. This book isn't just about tuning the Web server software; it's also about getting optimal performance from a browser, tuning the hardware (on both the server and browser ends), and maximizing the capacity of the network itself.

Web Performance Tuning hits the ground running, giving concrete advice for quick results -- the "blunt instruments" for improving crippled performance right away. The book then takes a breath and pulls back to give a conceptual background of the principles of computing performance. The latter half of the book approaches each element of a Web transaction -- from client to network to server -- to examine the weak links in the chain and how to strengthen them.

Includes tips on:

Minimizing browser cache lookups
Increasing buffer size on browser operating system
Buying enough RAM so the browser rarely needs to swap
Using SCSI disks instead of IDE
Avoiding the use of symbolic links for Web content
Avoiding DNS lookups whenever possible
Using mod_perl for Perl-based CGI scripts

This book is for anyone who has waited too long for a Web page to display, or watched servers slow to a crawl. It's about making the Web more usable for everyone.

Contents

Preface

Part I : Preliminary Considerations

The Quick and the Dead
Web Site Architecture
Capacity Planning
Performance Monitoring
Load Testing
Performance Analysis
Reliability
Security
Case Studies
Principles and Patterns

Part II : Tuning in Depth

Browsers
Client Operating System
Client Hardware
Lines and Terminators
Network Protocols
Server Hardware
Server Operating System
Server Software
Content
Custom Applications
Java
Databases

Appendix
Index

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	O'Reilly
Auteur(s)	Patrick Killelea
Parution	15/03/2002
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	456
Format	18 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	726g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780596001728
ISBN13	978-0-596-00172-8