I originally posted an inquiry here about how the DotNetNuke.com web site was loading slowly for me. This was a consistent pattern through various ISPs (home, work, friends houses, etc.), so I could not chalk it up to a proxy or firewall problem. here is the link to the original post:
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/118/threadid/75953/scope/posts/Default.aspx
I only mention that now, because I am now having a similar issue with my own site. It is currently running v 4.05.01 on an SQL 2005 DB. I am now experiencing the same slow load times that I once experienced on DotNetNuke.com, only this time on my own site.
I did not notice this load time problem until about the same time that I began using DNN to host other subdomains. It may simply be coincidence, but the load times went up drastically at about the same time.
Just in case this is a hosting issue, I placed a trouble ticket with my web host, but I am not entirely sure it has anything to do with the server.
Here is a rundown on the symptoms:
- First page load takes up to 60 seconds
(my first, not the application first - I get plenty of hits to keep the application going)
- Subsequent page requests usually take 2-6 seconds each (sometimes longer)
- At about the 10th page request, the load time once again jumps to 20-60 seconds
In the host settings, I have left most of the settings at the default. I once had the Compression using GZip, but I disabled it. I noticed a slight increase in page load time initially, but not since.
Here are some of my Host Settings:
- Proxy Settings - Empty
- Moderate Caching
- Authenticated Cacheability - ServerAndNoCache
- Compression Setting - No Compression
- Use Whitespace Filter - Checked
- Site Log Storage - Database
- Site Log Buffer - 1 item
- Site Log History - 90 days
- Users Online - disabled
- Event Log Buffer - Unchecked
Has anyone else been experiencing similar issues? Does anyone have any suggestions to get the page load times down?