Concrete 5.7.5.6 First Byte Time

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Hi,

I know there are several discussions about the first byte time for concrete5 sites, but i haven't found any solution yet.
It's the only obstacle i need to tackle so i can fully optimize the loading times of our sites.

For example :http://www.grafomantestsite1.be
Fully optimize images, cache settings, ...

Check the screenshot from webpagetest.org.

Is there any way to improve this?

Thank you.

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Mainio replied on at Permalink Reply
Mainio
This could depend on multiple factors but never trust just one result of such tests. Run it maybe 5 times, during different times of the day and maybe from a couple different locations to get reliable result.

There are multiple factors that might occasionally make the first byte time go up, such as temporary load on the server (e.g. a lot of search engine bots fetching the content), temporary network lag / packet loss, etc.

After running the test myself for the same site, I got "B" for the first byte time (504ms / 400ms suggested) and all tests show green.

If you want to reduce the 104ms, I think you might not be using your time very well, unless this is a site that gets millions of hits every day. This is about 2% of the total front page load time, and there are probably other ways you can squeeze that extra 100ms out more easily if you want.

From the results I can see that you're already using a caching frontend (Varnish), so the reason for the extra 100ms is not probably even in concrete5. I would look into re-configuring the server running Varnish if you want to micro-optimize your site with the extra 100ms.
grafoman replied on at Permalink Reply
I did not know testing from different locations would give that big differences. Thank you for your answer.