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The Mauritian Government Portal is hosted locally on way better hardware. Accessing the Gov portal within the country should definitely be easier. On the other hand, <a href="http://defimedia.info">defimedia.info</a> looks like being hosted in US. Aww! That's quite far from us. The type/config of the server could affect the overall performance too. Like in the case of a dedicated server or even a VPS, some more fine tuning could be brought.<br>
<br>I don't know the infrastructure that hosts <a href="http://defimedia.info">defimedia.info</a> but 3rd-party tools can help in assessing the slow performance & provide suitable suggestions. For example, GTmetrix.com is one such tool. In fact, we had these "website performance" discussions during MSCC Code & Coffee sessions. I recall a couple of stuffs we discussed about fine-tuning the Apache server based on the GTmetrix report.<br>
<br>Surely, sysadmins around have the required skills to fine-tune the server config ;) and web developers could ensure the Joomla CMS is well configured too.<br><br>Cheers!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:17 PM, S Moonesamy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sm+mu@elandsys.com" target="_blank">sm+mu@elandsys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Ish,<br>
At 10:09 27-05-2014, Ish Sookun wrote:<br>
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Last note, we could also have a brainstorming session about an Open Source<br>
Policy for Mauritius which hopefully will be a reality. We heard of this in<br>
the beginning of the year & now it seems the project took off. We'll need<br>
input.<br>
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<a href="http://www.defimedia.info" target="_blank">www.defimedia.info</a> is based on Open Source software. <a href="http://www.defimedia.info" target="_blank">www.defimedia.info</a> once had a problem; its web site was too slow. The person responsible for <a href="http://www.defimedia.info" target="_blank">www.defimedia.info</a> did not ask for help on this list. I tested the time it takes to load <a href="http://www.defimedia.info" target="_blank">www.defimedia.info</a> in a web browser. It took 22.5 seconds. I don't know what industry practices is followed in Mauritius. According to international industry practices the load time would be considered as inacceptable as it is too slow.<br>
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The load time for <a href="http://www.gov.mu" target="_blank">www.gov.mu</a> is 3.38 seconds. The web site is not based on Open Source software. Is the <a href="http://www.defimedia.info" target="_blank">www.defimedia.info</a> web site slow because it uses Open Source software or is it because there isn't the necessary support for Open Source software?<br>
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Does anyone on this mailing list find it inacceptable that one of the top web sites in Mauritius is so slow? Are there any local companies with the knowledge to fix the problem?<br>
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Regards,<br>
S. Moonesamy <br>
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