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Magento SIP Optimization Details

See Also: Magento SIP Overview - Optimization Details - Magento SIP Reseller Plan

We've put a lot of work into learning how to optimize Magento both for speed and for stability. With this expertise comes results - our Magento SIPs are the fastest and most stable Magento-based websites you will find on the Web!

Our Magento Optimization Strategy Includes...

Hardware

Dell Power Edge 2950
  • Dell PE2950 - III Server
  • Dual Intel quad-core server with Intel 5400 Series Harpertown processors
  • 64KB on-die instruction / data cache per core
  • 12MB total L2 Cache per cpu (2 x 6MB)
  • 1333Mhz front side bus
  • Up to 32GB DDR2-FBDIMM 667Mhz memory
  • 15K SAS Hard Drives in RAID 10 configuration - providing zero read/write contention between drives and tagged command queuing for highest performance over traditional SCSI or SATA drives
  • 15,000RPM Spindle speed provides fastest read/write access and data transfer at 3.0Gbit/s per drive to the SAS controller
  • Battery-backed hardware SAS Raid controller with 256MB write Cache.
  • RAID 10 Configuration for fastest read/write performance. RAID 10 is a stripe of mirrors offering full data redundancy without the need of costly parity calculation

Operating System-level Tuning

  • Frequently accessed file systems such as /tmp, /var, and /home are mounted with the noatime attribute to increase performance
  • System sysctl kernel parameters have been optimized for greatest network performance and prevention of source-routed, spoofed, and redirected packets
  • System Integrity Monitor (SIM) watches all critical system services

Web Server Optimization

  • LiteSpeed high performance web server software is used on SIP-200 and higher plans
  • KeepAlives are enabled
  • Gzip output compression is enabled
  • eAccelerator PHP accelerator, optimizer, and dynamic content cache is enabled and optimized for Magento
  • Memcached distributed memory caching system is setup in a distributed failover environment, replacing the Magento /var/cache filesystem (SIP 400 plans)

MySQL Performance Tuning

  • Extreme MySQL performance as the database runs on a 15K SAS disk RAID 10 filesystem
  • MySQL my.cnf variable tuning specifically for Magento innoDB storage engine databases
  • The MySQL Query Cache is enabled and optimized for Magento

Security Enhancements

  • All unnecessary system services have been disabled. This server is running Magento and has been optimized in every way for Magento
  • All critical applications and libraries including the system Kernel are kept up to date with nightly YUM updates.
  • All sites run in a secure CHROOT environment for an additional layer of security
  • Custom configuration of latest stable PHP v5 built specifically for running Magento
  • Our PHP build includes the Suhosin Hardened PHP Project patch which helps protect users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core
  • APF (Advanced Policy Firewall) has been installed and configured for maximum security and packet throughput performance and reliability. The APF rules applied are extensive to provide system security and a PCI compliant hosting environment.

Network Optimization

  • Fully burstable 1000BaseT uplink
  • BGB Version 3 redundant network serviced through 4 separate carriers
  • Our network consists of enterprise level Cisco Catalyst 6500 series equipment for both our core and distribution

Backup Strategy

  • Redundant secure backup systems
  • Continuous data protection. We backup your site files every half hour using R1soft's CDP Backup software. Backup copies are kept in two locations, one on your server and the second on a remote backup server
  • MySQL database data backed up nightly for all plans
  • Frequent R1Soft backups of MySQL data for SIP 300 and SIP 400 plans, in addition to nightly backups
  • Backed-up data is retained for up to sixty days