the common reasons PHP becomes slow is an overloaded server, if the disk IO is not fast then PHP suffers. This does not affect CF in the same way because cf templates get cached in memory by default.
To determine whether one host is going to be any better than another, the question you need to ask them is how many sites they put on each server, what type of disks they use, etc. We do not overload our servers for example, so as to not have so many issues caused by too many sites or other customers with badly written sites. We have also moved all our shared hosting servers to SSD now to get max performance, and it really does make a difference. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:04 PM, Mark Spence <markpence...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am currently using Newtek/Crystaltek for a client site and have a couple > of issues with them I am able to resolve. The site has been with them for > several years. > > 1. Lately the Wordpress portion of the site has become slow and I can't > figure out why. It's not the db and it is not the plug-ins. It's a simple > site with not many posts or widgets and it should be faster. The CF > portion of the site is fast. > > 2. They don't support http compression. This is more a minor annoyance, > but it is something I want. > > So I am looking at the Hostek Personal Plus for $7.99 CF shared hosting. > Has anyone used both hosts and can compare the two? Will I see a > performance difference? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:360307 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
