Stratus Guides - Magento Optimal Configuration

Make sure to review the Magento configuration if there are performance issues, as it could turn out to be a simple toggle in the Magento Admin, saving valuable developer time.

Please see our Magento Requirements for a full list of items STRATUS requirements for hosting Magento stores.

Magento 1.x Recommended Settings

• Enable all caches (System > Cache Management)
• Enable flat products and categories (System > Configuration > Catalog > Frontend)
• Disable and clear the Magento compiler (Note, the compiler does not run properly on PHP > 5.3)
• Enable merged CSS/JS (be aware that this can break some sites)
• Install an FPC module and use Redis (Lesti FPC is a good free option)
• Redis cache
• Redis sessions
• Keep your log tables clean (e.g., log_url, log_url_info, log_visitor,log_visitor_info)
• Set indexing mode to “manual.”

Magento 2.x Recommended Settings

• Enable all caches.
• Beginning with Magento 2.1, enabling flat catalogs is NOT recommended as a best practice.
• Deploy static files (automatic with production mode deploys)
• Enable production mode and compilation.
• Enable the Varnish FPC instead of the built-in FPC.
• Use [Elasticsearch for search (2.3+ and EE)][4].
• Disable merged CSS (can cause performance issues on some stores).
• Redis cache
• Redis sessions
• Set indexing mode to “Schedule.”
• Install MageMojo Cron

Further optimization

For even more site speed, a skilled developer may be able to uncover additional speed gain possibilities:

• Use New Relic’s PHP APM to get transaction traces and fine grained data about which calls are slow.
• Debug using the Magento profiler.

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