Mysql tuning. Tools, tips, and links on optimizing mysql for Drupal
Here are some basic, but high impact ways to optimize MySQL for Drupal (there are much more sophisticated and expensive ways to speed up your database of course):Am not sure if these tips do any good...
View ArticlePrepare your Drupal site to be Slashdotted, Dugg, and Farked
Slashdotted, Dugg, Farked. These are all terms that site operators, bloggers, and web developers are very familiar with. They imply having a site 'front paged' at a website that drives a LOT of traffic...
View ArticleBlocking referrer spam, mal-bots, and other malicious weasels with htaccess
Anyone who runs a site/server for very long will likely find out about the gruesome underbelly of the online work - spammers. They come in many shapes and sizes (most are bots), and with different...
View ArticlePrepare your Drupal site to be Slashdotted, Dugg, and Farked - Part II
It's been a couple weeks since we posted part one of our look at optimizing a Drupal site to withstand large amounts of traffic, and since that time it happened again - a site we host, got "Farked" (an...
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