Board Optimization - [DBTech] vB Optimise 2.0.1 (Lite)

vB Optimise Lite

The newly revamped vB Optimise was created for vBulletin 4, but has now been made compatible for vBulletin 3.8. In this release I have re-coded vB Optimise from the gound and focused stability over features, you'll notice Phrase Caching and vBAdvanced Integration have bit the dust, this is to maintain a sync state between this version and the vBulletin 4 release.

Professional version & feature list available @ www.DragonByte-Tech.com/forum
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

Features

• 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).
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Forum Resource Statistic
  Shows off vB Optimise resource saving statistics directly within forumhome statistics.
• ....and more!

Release Notes

If you've used vB Optimise before you'll be aware the previous version had phrase caching, however this caused complications with the way phrases are used within vBulletin so it has not been ported over at this time.


Available Translations
v1.6.0 French - Thanks to finereader

Change Log

[>>] Version 2.0.1
New launch for vB 3.8

[>>] Version 1.6.1
Automatic Cache Flusher has additional parameters to make sure no data is stale
Resolved Bug: Potential PHP error when using eAccelerator which cannot flush within Admin CP on certain actions

[>>] Version 1.6.0
New OpCode Cacher Support: WinCache

[>>] Version 1.5.0
Resolved Bug: Style cache may have fetched ID 0 instead of correct file
Resolved Bug: Filecache permissions may not have worked
Optimisation: Re-wrote some base code to enhance operations.

[>>] Version 1.0.1
Added XCache Authentification Support
Added Filecache Support

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)

[logicuk]

i just installed 1.2.0 thanks for the new version

what setting do you recommend i use for Cache Forumhome WOL?

[Deceptor]

I personally would use between 30-60 seconds, ofcourse the higher the number the more stale the data becomes, but at a cost of better performance.

[bashy]

Hi

After upgrade i get this DB error now, its to do with the WOL part of your script

    Database error in vBulletin 3.7.4:
   
  Invalid SQL:
   
              SELECT
                    user.username, (user.options & 512) AS invisible, user.usergroupid,
                    session.userid, session.inforum, session.lastactivity, session.useragent,
                    IF(displaygroupid=0, user.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid
              FROM session AS session
              LEFT JOIN user AS user ON(user.userid = session.userid)
              WHERE session.lastactivity >;
   
  MySQL Error   : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 7
  Error Number  : 1064
  Request Date  : Saturday, December 20th 2008 @ 11:51:47 PM
  Error Date    : Saturday, December 20th 2008 @ 11:51:48 PM
  Script        : http://www.bashys-place.com/forums/index.php
  Referrer      : 
  IP Address    : *******
  Username      : ************
  Classname     : vB_Database
  MySQL Version : 5.0.67-

[Deceptor]

Bashy, are you using the homewol? Try disabling that to see if it works - be aware this is untested on vB 3.7, so I'm not sure if it will always work for that version.

[logicuk]

im using 1.2.0 and the WOL with vb 3.7 and its working fine

[veenuisthebest]

just wow!

Loving the new Optimal settings check, I had all of them optimal already

Profile bug down, can see another WOL query down. Cool

Template problem solved ONLY when XCache Authentification is ON.

Now, I tried to edit a template, the change did not show. Then I checked it again in a minute or two and it shows the edit fine. How did it show when I did/could not flush the cache ?

Thanks a lott.. You're one real php guy I had ever seen, this mod is going to beat the install counts of ibproarcade for sure.

[Deceptor]

veenuisthebest,

The system maybe have found a corrupted template and pulled it again from the database to cache, which is part of the active sector of vB Optimise to ensure data is intact. Either that -or- your XCache has a low TTL (time to live) setting so cache is dropped every 5 minutes or so.

Glad you like the additions, I'll keep aiming to reduce the forum home queries as it's the biggest impact of performance being the most popular page visited on a forum, statistically speaking anyway

[Bounce]

ooooooooooooooooo nice update D...

WOL set for 60 secs

Had to optimize (or change)..
Store CSS Stylesheets as Files,Save Albums as Files,Save Avatars as Files..

Another 3 queries gone on forumhome..

Any faster and my forums will take-off LOL

[Deceptor]

Glad it's working great for you hibees

[logicuk]

My forum is so fast now its crazy! this has to be the best mod ever created!!