How to speed up Magento?

[AndrewJohn26]

hi do any one help me in How to speed up Magento?

[AlbertCrook]

These are the key factors in speeding up Magento
1. Optimize
2. Enable catching
3. Enable GZIP compression.

[john009]

Here are two points for your help,
1) PHP5 - Make sure the server you're hosted on supports php5. While the php5-cgi files Magento provides will work, they also drastically reduce the speed and increase the load on the server.

2) Enable Caching - Inside your Magento admin panel you'll find options for caching under System > Cache Management. Use these settings. You'll need to refresh the cache after future changes, but it will help speed loading for your visitors.

[jasmine bell]

The new versions of Magento speed up much more than older version.

[mtthwsmith8]

Many Magento issues are caused by slow performance. The recommended way to speed up Magento's performance is to enable its Compilation function. The performance increase is between 25%-50% on page loads.

You can enable Magento Compilation from your Magento admin panel > System > Tools > Compilation.

[Diamondzul]

You should install Fooman Speedster.
This one made a massive difference to page loads for the first site I am testing.
You should enable Gzip Compression in .htaccess.

[schwa]

Try to update it to the new version or reinstall it! And you should also guarantee the wire speed of your PC.

[HenryWilson]

Some of the methods to speedup Magento:

1 Install Fooman Speedster
2 Enable Gzip Compression in .htaccess
3 Install APC or Xcache
4 “Make sure your Apache configuration has KeepAlives enabled.
5”Modify the configuration for your MySQL server to take better advantage of your server’s RAM.
6 “Use a memory-based filesystem for Magento’s var directory.

[Argentein]

I am going to download this new version.