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Faster! Optimize Your Cascade Server Experience, by Justin Klingman, Beacon Technologies
- 1. 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference Justin Klingman, Manager, Web Software Development Beacon Technologies, Inc. | beacontechnologies.com September 17, 2012 @JustinVT99 #csuc12
- 2. Mission: ◦ AUTOMATE, GROW, and CONNECT Your Business Services Offered: ◦ Web Development, Digital Marketing, Web Hosting Currently supporting 185 active Web clients Hannon Hill Development and Hosting Partner ◦ > 80 sites in 25 Cascade instances since 2005 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 2 09/17/2012
- 3. Objective: Speed up your Cascade experience Infrastructure Index Blocks: Problems & Solutions Data Definitions Publishing Tips for End Users Used Cascade 7 w/32-bit engine and legacy (6.x) caching 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 3 09/17/2012
- 4. Minimum CPU is Dual Core; recommend Quad Core with 4GB of RAM Separate Application and Database ◦ Server #1: Cascade software (front-end) ◦ Server #2: Database Server (back-end) Notes: ◦ Servers should not be used for other applications ◦ If using virtual servers, use 15K RPM SCSI Drives on separate disk drives and RAID spindles in your SAN Provides greater disk access speed 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 4 09/17/2012
- 5. Upgrade Cascade! Use latest supported OS and Database versions 64-bit OS and Java ◦ Much faster with raised memory allocation 74% decrease in page rendering in our testing ◦ 64-bit allows for more memory to be allocated Java Settings ◦ Allocate > 1.5 GB RAM (64-bit only) ◦ Investigate Initial RAM, Max RAM, and MaxPermSize settings 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 5 09/17/2012
- 6. Network ◦ Use Gigabit connections between all servers ◦ Avoid FTP publishing if possible ◦ Best publishing methods Cascade Windows → Windows: Windows File Transfer Cascade Windows → Linux: Samba Cascade Linux → Linux: NFS Restart Cascade weekly 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 6 09/17/2012
- 7. One of the biggest factors in page rendering & publishing times Don’t index more than you need ◦ Carefully enable Index Block options ◦ Deactivate / Delete unused assets 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 7 09/17/2012
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- 10. Experiment: Top Navigation dropdown menu showing sub-links under each main item ◦ GREAT feature for your Web site visitors ◦ Requires indexing all site folders, but only 3 levels deep 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 10 09/17/2012
- 11. Optimized index block: 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 11 09/17/2012
- 12. Change one option at a time to show performance impact Results ◦ 1,200 pages, single page rendered(minimal publishing differences) Block Option Optimized Render Non-optimized Render Depth of Index 3 4 0:18 Max Rendered Assets 0 (unlimited) 200 0:05 Indexed Asset Types Pages / Blocks Pages / Blocks /Files 0:20 Page XML Do not render page XML inline 0:10 Render page XML inline 1:13 Indexed Asset Content Regular Content / Regular Content / 0:11 User Metadata System Metadata / User Metadata Other Indexed Info <not selected> Append Calling Page Data 0:11 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 12 09/17/2012
- 13. Optimal Solution: Feed Block ◦ Publish XML file of Top Navigation ◦ In Cascade, Feed Block reads published XML file (like external RSS feed) ◦ Top navigation is rendered normally, but is faster since Cascade isn’t processing index block ◦ Top Navigation XML is published manually, using scheduled Publish Set, or Workflow Publish Trigger Format: If page’s “Last Published On” value does not exist, it has never been published, so hide <xsl:apply-templates select=“system-page[last-published-on]”> 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 13 09/17/2012
- 14. Optimal Solution: Feed Block ◦ Advantage: Cuts render time in half (0:10 → 0:05) ◦ Disadvantage: Navigation changes not displayed in Cascade until XML is published 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 14 09/17/2012
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- 16. Accordion / Fly-out Navigation: ◦ Subfolder navigation appears without changing pages ◦ Disadvantage: Must index entire site Relative indexing cannot see into parent folders 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 16 09/17/2012
- 17. Optimal Solution: Relative Indexing ◦ Index the current page’s parent folders and siblings ◦ Doesn’t index every page in a section ◦ Optimized Index Block: 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 17 09/17/2012
- 18. Results ◦ 70-page section, single page rendered Solution Render Accordion 0:31 Relative Indexing 0:10 If Accordion is needed, use Feed Block ◦ Same solution as Top Navigation ◦ Disadvantages: Navigation changes not displayed in Cascade until XML is published Accordion cannot be viewed in Cascade Requires .NET, PHP to process XML file 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 18 09/17/2012
- 19. Usually have to index content from pages Much faster to index Metadata only Example: Faculty Directory ◦ Listing Page: Name, College, Phone, Email ◦ Optimized Index Block 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 19 09/17/2012
- 20. Example: Faculty Directory ◦ Data Definition: Index page content ◦ Metadata: Only index page metadata ◦ Results (450 Faculty pages) Data Definition Metadata 0:29 0:10 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 20 09/17/2012
- 21. How do you know what data you need and don’t need? ◦ Need to see the data the page is seeing ◦ “XML” configuration in each Configuration Set 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 21 09/17/2012
- 22. How do you know what data you need and don’t need? ◦ Edit page and attach appropriate block to XML configuration (e.g. “Press Releases”) ◦ View XML configuration to see the XML the page is seeing ◦ Edit Index Block options to find optimal settings 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 22 09/17/2012
- 23. The bigger they are, the harder they fall (or render, or save) Use Data Definition Blocks ◦ Breaks up fields in page’s Data Definition 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 23 09/17/2012
- 24. Do full-site publishes at night when server load is light Publish only what’s needed Avoid full-site publishes when possible ◦ Solution: Includes for common template regions Publishing over Network is faster than FTP 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 24 09/17/2012
- 25. Choose your Web browser wisely ◦ My #1 choice is Google Chrome, followed by Firefox, Safari ◦ Aren’t I forgetting a browser? Browsing in Cascade ◦ Use context menus ◦ Don’t have to wait for a page to load before selecting action (Edit, Publish, etc.) 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 25 09/17/2012
- 26. Gather list of modules / regions to evaluate Benchmark current setup ◦ Metrics: “Rendering Time” and “Slow Regions” ◦ Publish times: single page, full site Index Block ◦ Evaluate XSLT to determine what data it needs ◦ Create XML Configuration for all Configuration Sets ◦ Attach index block to see what the page is seeing ◦ Tune Index Blocks settings to get minimum data 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 26 09/17/2012
- 27. Modules ◦ Consider different approach (e.g. Feed Block) ◦ Listing Pages: Data Definition vs. Metadata Data Definitions ◦ Opportunities to split into Data Definition Blocks 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 27 09/17/2012
- 28. Infrastructure ◦ Cascade / OS / DB versions ◦ Front- and back-end architecture & specs 1 or 2 servers? Processor / Memory / Disk ◦ Java Engine 32- or 64-bit? Memory allocated ◦ Publishing Via Network or FTP? 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 28 09/17/2012
- 29. A “look under the hood” ◦ Page render/publish speed, configuration, code and infrastructure implementation Valuable insights & actionable recommendations ◦ Improve the user experience and simplify maintenance QR code, card in Swag Bag, stop by our booth, see Rick Boccard or me, or visit beacontechnologies.com/cascade-server-analysis/ 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 29 09/17/2012
- 30. Contact Information: Justin Klingman Beacon Technologies, Inc. beacontechnologies.com jklingman@beacontechnologies.com 336.232.5685 @JustinVT99 2012 Cascade Server User’s Conference 30 09/17/2012