Performance

Learn to implement Apache mod_deflate for faster website loading. Compress content, save bandwidth, and understand the CPU tradeoff on your server.

Learn to pinpoint processes consuming swap memory. This guide explains how to use top and a custom script to identify culprits for efficient memory troubleshooting.

Speed up WordPress with LiteSpeed Cache. Guide: install, config (cache, page/image/DB opt, CDN) & maximize benefits with LiteSpeed Web Server.

Learn to boost PHP speed with Zend Opcache.

Fix slow sites by troubleshooting PHP-FPM max_children on cPanel, Plesk, & InterWorx. Learn to find logs, adjust settings safely, & check server resources.

sar monitors Linux system activity (CPU, memory, I/O) over time. It’s crucial for historical performance analysis and troubleshooting server bottlenecks.

iostat monitors server disk I/O and CPU. It helps identify storage bottlenecks using metrics like request size, queue depth, wait times, and device utilization.

Google PageSpeed Insights analyzes page performance on mobile and desktop, offers improvements, and uses Lighthouse; WebPageTest offers detailed diagnostics.

Test your network speed and connectivity using Liquid Web’s test files (10MB-1000MB) from Lansing, Phoenix, and Amsterdam, plus ping tests and Looking Glass for diagnostics.

MariaDB vs. MySQL — choosing MariaDB over MySQL improves performance, adds more features, hardens security, and future-proofs your database on a truly open source platform.

An install of Kibana on AlmaLinux brings to fruition your data visualization needs — along with Elasticsearch integration. Then, master the Kibana dashboard for data insights.

Learn to automate tasks on your Linux server with cron. This time-based job scheduler can run scripts at fixed times, dates, or intervals.