Slowness on Dreamhost

[eluser]woopsicle[/eluser]
[quote author="walesmd" date="1189769653"]A load time of 1-2 seconds isn't that bad... this page here loaded in 1.594 seconds.
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yeah 1-2 seconds is fine - for a page with html, php, mysql, numerous helpers and libraries involved.

but for the most basic controller and view to be taking that kind of time is a bit slow i would have thought. it means that by the time i add all my content i am looking at page generation times of 2-5 seconds each - which must kill the server quickly if the site gets a lot of traffic.

maybe its just DH shared hosting not allocating much cpu speed/time so the server takes longer to generate the page.

i am now looking into slicehost so i can manage my own server - pity about the waiting times.