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Does location affecting moodle site performance

by cscl cscl - Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 6:29 PM

Hi there,

I wonder whether moodle server location will affect site performance. My server is 5000 miles away from where my client accessing the site. Is location affecting the performance?

I read from Performance FAQ, it does not mention about server-client location. What i understand is, it depends on concurrent users. I already cross check my hardware based on moodle requirement and they're all ok. However, the performance from client side point a view is still very slow.

Can anyone give me some information regarding this matter?

Thanks.

-Tamaqie-

Re: Does location affecting moodle site performance

by Simon Story - Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 7:33 PM

Hello there,

It depends which 5000 miles! If your Moodle server is on on side of the East coast of the USA and the clients are in Alaska, it won't be terrible.

If one end of the 5000 miles is Cuba, then yes, there will be a major impact in the performance.

The two main factors in the network performance of your Moodle installation is the latency of the connection (How long it takes for information to reach the other end) and the bandwidth availible (How fast the information travels) There is a good chance, over 5000 miles, there will be something restricting bandwidth and increasing latency.

What locations are the clients and server in?

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Re: Does location affecting moodle site performance

by cscl cscl - Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 8:27 AM

Hi Simon, thax for your reply.

The server is in India and client is in Malaysia, taiwan, and LA.

These 2 factors, Latency of connection and bandwith, how can I check it?I dont really understand about networking. I hope to get more explanation and maybe solution frmo you.

Thx
Tamaqie

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