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[y2ksw]

Originally Posted by Nassou

open_files_limit=8192
max_allowed_packet=16M
max_connections=800
connect_timeout=10

I would not set any open file limit, or at most very high, and the packet size to 1M unless you have huge queries.

Also a number of 800 connections seem to me pretty high. A connection timeout of 10 seconds on the other hand may be too low, depending on your server load.

You may also try (carefully) permanent connections, which may help to reduce memory usage and speed certain things sensibly up, in particular when you have a lot of users and high hit rates.

[ImmortalForums]

This would be best to post on vbulletin.com server forum where they can give u a full list of variables to put in.

Also check on vbseo.com forums for how to optimize vbseo as its very load intensive if not done right.

[Carnage]

for 300 users online i suspect your server specs are too low.

My forum probably averages 300 online; i run a dual quad core xeon (2ghz) with 4 gb of ram. Granted the box also runs another fairly large site and about a dozen smaller sites - several of which run vb.

Only time i've noticed issues were when we got a /. effect and had ~2000 online users.