Board Optimization - [DBTech] vB Optimise v2 (vB4)

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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* 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)

Q: It says my opcode cacher can't store data?
A: Check to see you're using a supported Apache handler if you're using Apache: http://www.thecpaneladmin.com/wp-con...phandlers2.png

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[John Lester]

I had no idea I needed to edit datastore.cache.php I'll check the stats tomorrow and see if I'm "done" Thanks

[John Lester]

Ok so in about 25 hours ....

MySQL Queries vB Optimise has saved this forum 47,729

...which is pretty darn impressive My only remaining question is in regards to the "Resource Statistics" page ... it doesn't show anything, why?

[DragonByte Tech]

Right click the center area, does it say "Movie not loaded..." greyed out?

If so, please ensure you uploaded the .swf file to the correct directory.

Fillip

[John Lester]

EDIT:

I never should have said it's "blank" the swf loads ... it's just not showing any data.

[betterthanyours]

Make sure you enable resource statistics collection and display of it...click around all the options. Can't remember exactly where it is within the vBOptimise section

[Makaveli007]

If we cannot use any opcache modules due to hosting limitations, filecache is the only option correct?

Also, is it possible that using filecache could actually slow the site down because of added disk I/O? The reason I ask is because I had tried this mod on my site, and while at times it was much faster, at other times it was slower. Furher, certain areas of the site such as admincp were considerably slower with the mod installed.

I was using filecache and the folder 0777. System test and optimal settings all passed.

Thanks

[betterthanyours]

Yes, using filecache could slow down the site because of disk I/O

[DragonByte Tech]

That very much depends on the speed of your HDDs, 15k RPM SAS disks will still be pretty fast.

It wouldn't slow down your site unless the disks were overloaded as a result of shared hosting overselling, but it wouldn't be as fast as memory based cachers


Fillip

[dog-tag]

I encountered awful trouble when I set this up.

I have xCache on my VPS already set up (and confirmed by my host)
I moved everything into the file-system i.e Avatars and the rest.

When I ran the test I got this -



And then I noticed I could not do anything in my admincp, I was very limited in my actions.
If I tried to uninstall I was left with either a blank screen or this 500 error



I wasn't able to turn off the hook system, and my host had to edit the config file (I think) to disable all plugins so we could un-install VB optimise.

Have you any idea why it would act like this? Is there perhaps a step if missed/done wrong, cause major problems like this?

Thanks for providing any answers and also for giving us all a plugin like this.

[DragonByte Tech]

You will have to check Apache's error_log file to find out the real cause.

Fillip