In this chapter, you learned how to optimize and monitor Moodle's performance.

As you have probably gathered from the content, system, and application, optimization is not always straightforward. It depends on a range of circumstances, such as the system that Moodle is running on, the hardware that it utilizes, the network, the number of concurrent users logged into the system, the types of activities that are carried out, and so on. While basic optimization is usually straightforward, fine-tuning is a bit of an art in itself. A lot of trial and error (that is, profiling) will be required to achieve the ideal setup for your Moodle system.

Some Moodle Partners offer health checks that include performance checkups. It is worth investigating this option if your system runs sluggishly.

Now that your system is ready to perform to its maximum potential, let's make sure that you have a professional backup and recovery strategy in place, which is covered in the next chapter.