Board Optimization - [DBTech] vB Optimise v2 (vB3)

vB Optimise Lite

Professional version & feature list available @ www.DragonByte-Tech.com
Priority support for Lite version is handled at the Developers Website.


What does it do?

vB Optimise is intended to optimise vBulletin software by integrating several PHP "cachers" and handling data before vBulletin. This works by encountering and handling data prior to vBulletin in order to skip the arbitary execution that would be more server intensive.

Real-Life Statistics

We've teamed up with some Big Forums to show you the impact of vB Optimise, you can view this public chart which shows both our statistics and theirs:

View Public vB Optimise Resource Statistics

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* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

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* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

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Features - Lite

• Supported Extensions
  • APC
  • eAccelerator
  • Memcache
  • XCache
  • WinCache
  • Filecache
• Style Cacher
  Caches style data to globally reduce a query within all vBulletin forum-based pages.
• Template Cacher
  Caches template data to globally reduce a query within all vBulletin forum-based pages.
• Datastore Cacher
  Forces custom datastore items from modifications (including those from vB's blogs) to use your configured Datastore Cache method instead of being forced into the database. This reduces page queries by where affected.
• vB CMS Template Caching
  (Automatic) Corrects many uncached templates within vB CMS to reduce upto 20+ queries on CMS pages (number varies based on content).
• [DBTech] Advanced Post Thanks / Like statistics Caching
  Caches statistics page for the Advanced Post Thanks / Like mod by DBTech.
• [DBTech] Advanced User Tagging statistics Caching
  Caches statistics page for the Advanced User Tagging mod by DBTech.
• Optimal Settings Check
  Provides a quick interface to identify possible settings which can be changed on your forum for further optimisation.
• Self-System Tester
  Provides a relatively straight-forward system check to ensure your vB Optimise installation works fully.
• Automatic Cache Flusher
  Automatically flushes cache within the Admin CP based on specific triggers to make sure content does not remain stale on your forum.
• XCache Authentification
  Supports XCache Admin Authentification by allowing you specify the username/password in a configuration if needs be.
• Forum Resource Statistic
  Shows off vB Optimise resource saving statistics directly within forumhome statistics.
• Statistical Resource Savings
  Ability to see just exactly how many queries per day vB Optimise has saved your database. You'll be surprised at the numbers.

Features - Pro

• Notices Cacher
  Caches users dismissed notices to reduce a near-global query within all vBulletin forum-based pages.
• Showgroups Cacher
  Caches the showgroups query which becomes more intensive as your user-base grows.
• Forum Display Query Enhancement
  Enhances a stock vBulletin query within Forum Display to speed up the page.
• Forum Home WOL Cache
  Caches Forum Home "Who's Online" to remove an intensive query and allow larger sites to display this data without impact.
• "Who Has Read Thread" Cache (4.2.0+)
  Caches Show Thread "Who Has Read Thread" to remove a query and allow larger sites to display this data without impact.
• "Who Has Visited Forum" Cache (4.2.0+)
  Caches Forum Home "Who Has Visited Forum" to remove a query and allow larger sites to display this data without impact.
• vB Cache Override (Feature not available on vBulletin 3)
  Ability to override vBulletins new built-in database cacher for the CMS / Forum Sidebar Blocks to remove anything from 1 to 20+ queries based on your content.
• Full Guest Caching
  Ability to cache entire pages and serve them saving not only hundreds of queries but upto 90% of CPU processing towards Guests.
• CDN Integration
  vB Optimise now integrates with popular CDN systems: Amazon S3, Origin Pull or Mirror, Rackspace Cloud, Remote Server (custom CDN) and Windows Azure.
• Plugin Cache
  Stores all plugins in a PHP file, improving performance for plugin execution
• ....and more!

Support

Priority support will be handled at DBTech.

FAQ

Q: I have WinCache installed, but vB Optimise tells me it's not?
A: WinCache only introduced OpCode support in version 1.1, if you're using version 1.0.x you will need to upgrade.

Q: I'm using the XCache method, flushing doesn't work?
A: If you have XCache authentification, turn the admin option on within vB Optimise Settings, then edit ./vboptimise/config.php and specify your XCache username/password. Alternatively you can disable XCache authentification within php.ini:

xcache.admin.enable_auth = Off

Q: I have eAccelerator installed, but vB Optimise tells me it's not?
A: eAccelerator does not provide the caching extension by default, you will need to recompile PHP with additional flags. For more information read eAccelerator documentation located here: http://eaccelerator.net/wiki/CompileConfiguration (Specifically look at: with-eaccelerator-shared-memory)

[Digital Jedi]

I currently have it set to Filecache. Is this vBulletin's internal caching system, or is the product essentially doing nothing for me?

[DragonByte Tech]

It writes the cache to .php files inside the /dbtech/vboptimise/filecache folder (assuming it's writeable, unsure about the exact path but it's written in the description of the cache chooser I believe


Fillip

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

It writes the cache to .php files inside the /dbtech/vboptimise/filecache folder (assuming it's writeable, unsure about the exact path but it's written in the description of the cache chooser I believe


Fillip

That would explain why flushing the cache seems to actually fix problems with other installs.

Thanks. From what I can tell it seems to be working, except for the statistics, which puts the page generation time in billions of seconds.

[Dj Smuggla]

I just installed this, it looks great, but can i get some help.
The only option i can use for the Opcache Operator is: Filecache
I've done that and moved the avatars/attachments ect...

Everything is ok on the Optimal Settings page:


But when i go to the system test it shows this:



And the Daily Resource Statistics is blank:



Is this doing anything on my site, or should i remove it?

Thanks

[DragonByte Tech]

This looks like the files may not have been uploaded correctly, or the /dbtech/vboptimise/filecache folder wasn't CHMODed to 0777.

Can you please re-upload the files by dragging and dropping the contents of the upload folder to your forums' folder, and ensure that directory is writeable?

Fillip

[Dj Smuggla]

Thanks for you reply, but i've done that & it's still the same.
There were a lot of php files in the /dbtech/vboptimise/filecache folder so it must have the permission to write to it.
Im just not shore if its doing anything on my site.

[Digital Jedi]

Silly question, but did you actually flush the cache first? I know I had some troubles with the initial installation that cleared up when I simply ran that feature. Actually, I usually have to flush the cache each time I install a DBTech product.

[DragonByte Tech]

vB Optimise v2.6.0 Gold

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:

• Fixed PHP 5.4 compatibility issues

Fillip

[Simon Lloyd]

Maybe another bug

Page generated in 1,393,867,937.72401 seconds with 16 queries. Memory Usage: 7.61 MB

I dont think i've been alive that long

[DragonByte Tech]

vB Optimise v2.6.1

New Features:

(Pro) Plugin Cache

• Stores all plugins in a PHP file
• Improves performance for plugin execution
• Allows for plugin code to be cached by opcode cacher

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:

• "Variable passed by reference" errors should now be resolved
• (Pro) MS Azure CDN will now use the same URL Scheme as the forum, improving HTTPS support

Fillip