why do some domains, take longer to load up than others?

[lkbryant]

Hi,
i have many domains on the server and they all run the same software.

However, I noticed that some domains always load much slower than others.

All domains point directly to my nameservers.

For instance, a domain ending in .pl takes a longer time to load up than others.

Is there a configuration issue I have?

Or is this just the way it is?

But some domain that are dot com also take long time to load.

I am puzzled. Can someone shed some light on this?

THanks.

 

[nobaloney]

It could be the time it takes to get a DNS lookup to your local system.

It could be the way a database is configured.

It could be that more popular domains load more quickly because their home pages are always in memory.

Or it could be for lots of other reasons.

Watch your server load (run top from the shell) while trying different domains.

Watch the domain apache log (using tail from the shell) while trying a domain from your browser, to see how long it takes before your server even notices the request.

Those two exercises my give you some ideas as to what the specific issues are on your server.

Jeff

Jeff