So I bought the Zend Performance Suite....
 

And it fucking kicks ass!!!

I mean this bitch is bad ass! I went from my index page loading at 1.8 sec to .159-.5 sec.

if you would like to see the proof:
Optimized
Pre-Op

note: to see the time, look at the very last line on the page, you might even have to highlight the text to see it.

And thanks again to everyone
that helped me on my decision on to purchase this.

Also, thanks to all the Zend guys, it's a product that does exactly what they said it would and then some.

Jay D.

I don't see the .159 seconds but it loads faster than the unoptimized page does for sure. I think some simple page caching is all you would have needed since you don't update the site that much. :glugglug

Ironic that you post this being that I'm debating buying a half dozen license for it today.

jesus, thats a lot of money

It's so worth it. I wouldn't think twice.

if you had $22k to spend on something you have absolutely no need for, wouldn't you do it? :glugglug

We update content every day and yes there's alot of :glugglug going on here.

to be completely honest... the optimized version didnt even load for me. after 45seconds of watching things look like it was pre-loading, i gave up... the OLD VERSION loaded in 3 seconds tho... im in thailand on a 256k dsl...

Really? What provider are you on? What browser are you using?

Awsome for ya:thumbsup

New (tried this first) - Processing Time: 0.7658560 sec.

Old (tried this second) - Processing Time: 0.7296240 sec.

image caching help the old one maybe?

cable in NY, IE6.0

<edit> just tried Old again: Processing Time: 1.4151039 sec. </edit>

Loxinfo.co.th

Opera browser, paid version.

Yeah well the 30 day trial convinced me it would pay for itself fast.

Optimised shit doesnt load for me at all.

Times out.

IE6, cable modem in vancouver.

pre-op (sounds tranny ish) loads fine, if a bit slow.

The optimized page wont load for me either.

I'm on a cable connection with Brighthouse Newtworks.

Using Mozilla browser.

Sounds like there's an issue with out of country surfers.

And I was wondering when someone was gonna catch the pre-op. :Graucho

Optimized no loady here either.

VaBeach, VA
Fast Cable
IE 6.0

Where u at in FL?

To get a little faster you could host your images using THTTPD web server. Would speed apache up not having to handle the requests for images. Or even better license Zeus.

P.S. For those wanting a free PHP caching program. Try Turk MMcache, I have had great success. But Zend Performance Suite is definately a nice product.

Give David a buzz, he'll hook you up! icq: 295339486

Cocoa Beach

What are you doing that is affecting out of country surfers?

geo-targeting gone wrong?

and you actually work? whoa, you must be the only one in Cocoa Beach that isn't drunk by 9AM! :glugglug LOL, sorry, I lived there for a long ass time and hate that place :)

No Geo, actually nothing of that nature. But if you have cookies turned off that might affect it. But then it doesn't make sense. Because those 2 pages are identical. I just copied the index page, and told the optimizer to run on the indexj.php to see the results.

Yeah, Cocoa Beach does suck. But then again so does West Palm Beach, but just not as bad.

It's funny you should say that because Zend has an awsome new product comming out really soon that one of the functions does the same thing as using a thhtpd server to host your images but it does it seamlessly. I have beta tested it and can say that it is awsome.
you can read the readmefile here that i put on my server
http://webair.0x7a69.net/zds.txt

why not just use zend accelerator?

LOL! Work what's that ? :winkwink:

Not drunk, but stoned. :stoned

hmmm ... I'm in Canada, on a cable modem, and the "optimized version" doesn't load at all for me? The pre-op version works fine!

bad ass man :thumbsup

Hey would you mind if I bs with you over ICQ or your IM of choice?

137920024

np, anytime

your new optimized page wont load for me at all

Mozilla browser
cable modem

the old page slams right in

Ditto on optimized page no load w/ cablemodem, in Vegas, Mozilla. Looks like money down the drain to me.

I'll figure it out. That's why I didn't go live with it!

beergood,

You should get ahold of David at Zend, if you haven't already.

[email protected]
AIM is davidzend
msn is davidzend
ICQ is 295339486

How funny, optimized page doesnt load at all. I rather have a slow page instead of paying for a page that doesnt work.

same here... the non-optimised was fast. The optimised keeps loading and loading. I just hit "stop" because it was 45 seconds allready... (I'm using opera)

Opt doesn't load

Prepop is fine.

Canada, ADSL Ultra High Speed, IE 6.0.2800

Can you guys that are having trouble try it again.

Optimized took forever to load... at least a minute before the page popped... Processing Time: 1.0316050 sec.


Old page popped and loaded right away Processing Time: 0.7929881 sec.

IF i were a surfer... I woulda left way before your optimized page loaded.

I'm on 3Mb cable from Charter.net from Nashville

Yeah, that's why I am testing it on a hidden page.

Thanks

hm, I don't think it's a zend issue ..

can you put the page online without images ?

Actually, I'm looking into a cookie issue right now. So I do not believe it is a Zend issue at all.

:thumbsup

Btw, for the loading issue...

it seems like you are using php session with sesion cookies, mine also failed becuase I'm also blocking session cookies by default..

I forgot to add, once I allow session cookies from your site, it loaded fine and fast!

You might want to enable GET method for sessions, so if there is a problem with ccokies it can take over.

Processing Time: 2.2365890 sec.
Processing Time: 2.6687009 sec.

Processing Time: 1.6944211 sec.
Processing Time: 2.5431001 sec.


Los Angeles, CA | IE6

The speeds on the bottom had a faster time on the optimized, but it seemed to load slower overall than the unoptimized page. Strange.

Modem: Cable
Location: Vegas

Don't wanna bust your balls, but the optimized version is slower for me too.

I tried a couple of times. Most of 'm in the 2-2.5 second range for the unoptimized, and 2.9-3.5 for optimized.

ADSL 2Mbit
Yurop

Sorry guys, I was out drinking downtown (where I work) and came back to the office to get my shit, hit the ole refresh and see some more relpies.

I actually had turned off the caching since my last post. Due to the fact that I am having an issue with cookies, and user management.

So in other words there is no optimization going on. Also the site does require that cookies be enabled to enter. So I think it's time I make a cookies enabled page.

I really thank everyone for looking at the site, and if you have any problems loading please post here. I WILL be at the bar for the next 5 hours (there's nothing like priorities huh?) so I will check the board in the morning or late afternoon.

J