I run a bigger bleeding-edge-software MediaWiki via SSL on a Raspberry Pi. And that's not too slow because I use APC.

My quick tip of the day

# add APC (Alternative PHP Cache) # seehttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:APC

# stop your web server service apache2 stop

# Install APC

apt-get install php-apc

# download APC extension (it is a "dashboard for APC" and adds a Special page)

cd $IP/extensions git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/APC.git

# in LocalSettings.php make sure to have the following lines

## Shared memory settings

$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_ACCEL; $wgMemCachedServers = array();

# $wgGroupPermissions['apc']['apc'] = true; # or simply give the right to an existing trusted group, like bureaucrat:

require_once("$IP/extensions/APC/APC.php"); $wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['apc'] = true;

# and restart your server service apache2 start