Your test will be performed as quickly as we can.
- Please take time to reply to the email we have just sent to you. This will help us with verification.
- If your email address matches the domain, the test will performed immediately and an email will be sent to you.
- If the email address and the domain do not match, we will contact you for authorization.
What will this test tell me?
The test will help you understand how your site performs under load. If your expected peak traffic is below the point where the site slows down, you are fine.
If on the other hand, our test indicates your site does not perform well at peak, you might want to improve your hosting.
Note : This test does not perform a page load test. It only tests the server response. Server response is also called as TTFB or Time to First Byte.
Do I need to add more hardware in order to scale?
Not necessarily. If your site not optimally hosted you can tweak more performance of the current hosting. Some low hanging fruits.
- Use redis for cache.
- Review memory utilization and php processes. You can free more memory and give it to mysql or redis by reducing the number of php processes to not more than 2x the CPUs.
- Use nginx and php-fpm instead of apache to get better control of php processes.
- Consider improving use of block caches in your site.
- Consider using FPC (Full Page Cache) for your site.
