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Performance varies on many factors for EPiServer Commerce and means different things to different people. In general, an e- commerce site should perform reasonably well during peak times so that each customers shopping experience is fluid enough to effectively convert their shopping cart to a sale. In addition, a site should perform well from small catalogs (50-100 products) to extremely large catalogs (100k+).
In the following are some things to consider to ensure that your site is running at peak performance.
If possible, upgrade to the latest versions of EPiServer Commerce (1 R2 SP2 and later). These versions include a number of under-the-hood performance improvements.
For these types of e-commerce sites, such large catalogs can be a challenge if not configured correctly. Here are some strategies to ensure that you have as smooth as an experience as possible:
Common concerns for any e-commerce site are performance during peak load times, often during the heights of shopping season during the year. Do the following to help with overall performance during these times:
By default, EPiServer Commerce relies on ASP.NET for managing session states. Enabling session states has noticeable overhead. You can reduce overhead by only enabling session state on pages that need it. More information on configuring and optimizing session state can be found here: http://wiki.asp.net/page.aspx/57/session.
Last updated: Oct 21, 2014