This is a small update, but an important one, nonetheless…

As mentioned in an earlier post, I just recently switched my hosting to a new host.  After getting fully switched over, I decided to rerun my test that I made to check the MySQL query performance of the database on the host.  I set up the exact same test, with the exact same code, and got the following result:

New Host: Total Time – 0.03s, Average Query Time – 0.000031s

Let me just repost what I had on the previous entry:

Network Solutions:  Total Time – 5.9s, Average Query Time – 0.0059s
1and1: Total Time – 0.293s, Average Query Time – 0.0003s
Local MBA with a SSD: Total Time – 0.078s, Average Query Time 0.000078s a query

What does this say?  It says:

• My new host is 10x faster than my old host.
• My new host is over 2x faster than my MBA with an SSD!
• My new host is 197x faster than Network Solutions!

Let’s just let that sink in for a moment…  I was satisfied with my previous host.  I am blown away that my new host performs DB queries even faster than my MacBook Air!  But I’m in total and utter shock at how much faster it is than our Network Solutions account.  And no, I’m not using a VPS or a dedicated server.  I am still on the same-o shared hosting type of plan that I was on before.

Tsk tsk… you disappoint me, Network Solutions.