I am the technical contact for one of my clients who has a web site that runs auctions. He bought the software from a freelance developer. It seems the site has been slowing down alot lately. I have checked the server and everying is running fine from my perspective. I think the MySQL calls may be bogging the site down. The script uses MySQL to store all of its data, and then generates the pages on the fly. The front page of the site has alot of small pictures it must generate and data for each of the listings.
I need someone who is EXCELLENT at Perl and MySQL to do some evaluation for us, to determine if possible the software is poorly designed and is responsible for the slow display of the front page. You will not be making changes, just offering advice based on your review of the source code, which I will provide or give you access to.
## Deliverables
1) I want a complete written assessment of the software which will offer an opinion regarding the cause of the slowdown in the web site's responsiveness.
## Platform
Unix/Linux, Perl, MySQL