I really wish I’d read this a couple of days ago… I’ve been getting the dreaded CPU minutes mails too over the past week.
I tried just about everything I could think off, but even with all plugins turned off and using the default template a single post page takes between one and two seconds to display. No idea to how much CPU time that translates to, but if I do the math (divide CPU time use by number of pages served, I end up with about the same numbers).
So, long story short:
my CPU minute usage for the last few days was as follows:
110.98, 115.55,127.01,135.10,112.77,156.55 — and now I’ve been shunted off to an even slower server, with no guarantees whatsoever.
I’m basically in the dog house for one or two weeks (no specifics) after which they’ll re-evaluate.
If anyone has any feedback from Dreamhost (basically if they admit to anyone that there servers can’t cope) — please share. ??
And if anyone has any pointers to PEAR benchmarking for dummies or performance optimizing tips…