Alex Moreno

removing some folders from git, file .gitignore with these contents:

# Ignore paths that contain generated content.

cache/

files/

sites/*/files

sites/*/private

Using symbolic links for /files directory:

namespace:custom do

    task:symlink do

      run "ln -s /var/www/crucerista/sites/crucerista.net/files/ /var/www/crsta/current/sites/crucerista.net/"

      run "echo 'finished'"

    end

end

after "deploy","custom:symlink"

That is what you have when you don't optimize and maintenance properly your Drupal projects. A 4GB database which hits hugely the server performance. Just a couple of "magic tricks" and .... 194MB.

Magic? Not at all. If you have a problem with your server, with hangs up and things going very sloooow, check the cache. sessions and watchdog tables, and clear them.

It works like a charm :-)

Some contributtion to add to this Drupal module with which you have been working on?

Very easy, take note:

How important is having a database optimized. Doing some "basic" optimizations like clearing the cache, runing the Drupal cron and a couple of things more, your database can change from having 4 GB to just around 200MB... incredible? Not at all, the importance of maintenance tasks :-)

Which tasks? Mainly:

Some interesting links that I have found this week.

After a nice day knowing new people and mainly learning, this is my contribution to the community in this first Drupal Sprint in London:

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My name is Alejandro Moreno Lopez. I'm an spanish developer living in London, degree in Computer Science, who has specialized in PHP and Drupal development.