With 73 members online each test run within seconds of each other:
With Sidebar
- Generated in 6.315 seconds in which 6.051 seconds were spent on a total of 47 queries. Zlib compression enabled.
- Generated in 13.029 seconds in which 12.807 seconds were spent on a total of 47 queries. Zlib compression enabled.
- Generated in 12.414 seconds in which 12.289 seconds were spent on a total of 47 queries. Zlib compression enabled.
Without SideBar
- Generated in 5.024 seconds in which 4.92 seconds were spent on a total of 31 queries. Zlib compression enabled.
- Generated in 1.576 seconds in which 1.451 seconds were spent on a total of 31 queries. Zlib compression enabled.
- Generated in 1.762 seconds in which 1.601 seconds were spent on a total of 31 queries. Zlib compression enabled.
I ran each test alternating - on/off/on/off/on/off (imagine those users were a little confused).
I have my code in place to only UPDATE every 10 minutes; but either that isnt working or the remaining queries are still gobbling up alot of processing power.