Drupal sites are rarely simple. Content workflows, permissions, views, multilingual and integrations all add load. Our stack runs NGINX and PHP-FPM without Apache, with separate PHP-FPM pools and a Cloudflare-ready edge layer. The result is cleaner performance under real traffic and smoother deployments for professional Drupal work.
A Drupal build is rarely one plugin and done. You need a hosting layer that supports releases, keeps memory stable, and stays consistent when content editors and visitors hit the site at the same time.
Each Drupal site runs in its own PHP-FPM pool with tuned limits. That creates a cleaner boundary between sites, improves stability during traffic bursts, and makes resource usage easier to predict for teams and agencies.
Drupal benefits from an edge layer for DDoS filtering, bot mitigation and cache control. Our setup works cleanly with Cloudflare, including HTTPS, HTTP 3 and flexible caching rules for anonymous traffic and media assets.
Drupal has more than one cache. Logged-in sessions, render cache, dynamic page cache and heavy Views can still create load. We tune PHP-FPM and OPcache, and we can enable practical microcaching at NGINX for anonymous traffic to reduce burst pressure without breaking personalized pages.
Drupal rewards good architecture. If you run portals, communities or content-heavy business sites, you want consistent performance, clear boundaries and tooling that supports professional deployments.
Drupal benefits from predictable PHP behavior, sensible caching, and tooling that supports professional deployments. Our platform focuses on those fundamentals so your team can ship changes with confidence.
A lean request path built around NGINX and PHP-FPM. Static assets bypass PHP, clean URLs are handled efficiently, and your Drupal front controller stays responsive under concurrency.
Separate pools improve isolation and allow practical tuning per site. This helps prevent runaway processes, reduces noisy neighbor impact, and keeps memory behavior more stable during peak traffic.
Drupal sites generate many small reads and writes, from cache rebuilds to file management and database activity. Enterprise NVMe reduces latency so admin actions, search pages and heavy views feel faster.
Automated off-site backups protect business content and configuration. Frequency and retention depend on the plan, and restores are designed for recovery scenarios rather than long-term archiving.
A clean setup for Cloudflare in front of Drupal, including HTTPS, caching controls and abuse filtering. Pair it with our server-level WAF rules to reduce attack noise and protect public forms and login endpoints.
Drupal maintenance is easier from the CLI. Drush and Composer are supported so you can clear caches, run updates, export configuration and deploy in a repeatable way, which agencies and teams rely on.
A Drupal-ready stack that supports professional workflows, predictable PHP behavior and a clean edge layer with Cloudflare.
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Drupal sites generate complex runtime behavior that many hosts never tune for. We focus on the parts that matter in production, predictable PHP-FPM behavior, stable memory, cache strategy, and a clean edge setup with Cloudflare.
Drupal sites vary widely. One site might run heavy Views, another might serve mostly cached pages. Separate PHP-FPM pools allow practical limits and tuning per site, reducing the risk that one workload degrades another.
Drupal has internal caching, including dynamic page cache and render cache. During bursts, the first hit still costs CPU and database. NGINX microcache can absorb repetitive anonymous requests for short intervals while leaving logged-in and personalized pages untouched. This is useful for campaign pages, news portals and high-traffic landing pages.
Drupal uses cache tags and contexts to invalidate content precisely. We can align edge caching rules with those mechanics so you keep speed without serving stale content. For example, you can cache anonymous HTML briefly and purge on deploys or content updates, while keeping admin and authenticated areas uncacheable.
Putting Cloudflare in front of Drupal adds a layer of DDoS filtering and bot mitigation. With correct caching rules and headers, you can speed up assets and reduce load on the origin without compromising freshness.
Drupal image styles, search indexing and scheduled tasks can create short spikes in CPU and I O. Higher tiers provide more memory and runtime limits so these jobs finish reliably. Pair that with a sensible cron schedule and you avoid slowdowns during editorial peaks.
Drush and Composer support help teams ship updates safely. Clear caches, run database updates, export config, and keep changes repeatable across staging and production.
Yes. Our stack supports the PHP versions required by modern Drupal releases and is designed for Composer-based projects.
Yes. Drush is supported so you can clear caches, run database updates and manage configuration through SSH.
Yes. Composer is available via SSH which is important for modern Drupal deployments and dependency management.
You manage the application layer, Drupal core, modules, theme, content and release process. We manage the hosting layer, OS and runtime maintenance, web server and PHP stack updates, monitoring and infrastructure security controls. Backups depend on the plan.
Yes. We can share recommended settings for Cloudflare in front of Drupal, including SSL mode, caching rules for assets, and safe handling for admin and login paths.
Yes. Multisite setups work. For larger multisite networks, choose a tier with higher PHP memory and stronger backup frequency.
Drupal can produce many queries and heavy render work, especially with Views, multilingual and logged-in sessions. A tuned PHP-FPM runtime, sensible cache strategy and fast storage reduce latency and improve consistency.
Yes. Backup frequency and retention depend on the plan. Backups are designed for recovery, and we still recommend independent backups for mission-critical data.
Yes. SSH and Git workflows are supported. Many agencies deploy using Git pull, CI pipelines or rsync based flows.
Your Drupal sites run in a modern data center in Germany which provides low latency across Europe and supports GDPR aligned data hosting.
Yes. The safest approach is caching assets aggressively and caching anonymous HTML for short periods with clear bypass rules for admin and authenticated paths. Drupal cache tags can be used as a guide for purge strategy during releases and content updates.
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