Web site performance

Speed up page load times by automatically compressing CSS, HTML, and JavaScript files in Apache. Compressed files are smaller and faster to send.

For web sites served through cable modem or DSL connections, upload speeds limit a web site to a few pages/second. This may be enough for a small web site. An inexpensive PC or Mac will work fine as a web server. This article calculates page load times and pages per second for a typical cable modem connection and looks at the implications.