Optimizing RhodeCode Performance

Follow these few steps to improve performance of RhodeCode system.

1. Increase cache:

   in the .ini file
   beaker.cache.sql_cache_long.expire=3600 <-- set this to higher number
   
   This option affects the cache expiration time for main page. Having
   few hundreds of repositories on main page can sometimes make the system
   to behave slow when cache expires for all of them. Increasing `expire`
   option to day (86400) or a week (604800) will improve general response
   times for the main page
   

2. Switch from sqlite to postgres or mysql

   sqlite is a good option when having small load on the system. But due to locking issues with sqlite, it's not recommended to use it for larger setup. Switching to mysql or postgres will result in a immediate performance increase.

3. Scale RhodeCode horizontally

   • running two or more instances on the same server can speed up things a lot
   • load balance using round robin or ip hash
   • you need to handle consistent user session storage by switching to db sessions, client side sessions or sharing session data folder across instances. See http://beaker.readthedocs.org/ docs for details.
   • remember that each instance needs it's own .ini file and unique instance_id set in them