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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[Pure Dope]

Ok. It happens when I uncomment out this line in the ini file:

;; install as zend extension (recommended), normally "$extension_dir/xcache.so"
zend_extension = /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/non-debug-non-zts-xxx/xcache.so
; zend_extension_ts = /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/non-debug-zts-xxx/xcache.so
;; For windows users, replace xcache.so with php_xcache.dll
zend_extension_ts = c:/php/extensions/php_xcache.dll
;; or install as extension, make sure your extension_dir setting is correct
; extension = xcache.so
;; or win32:
; extension = php_xcache.dll

:/ Not sure why that happens. But thats what the installation instructions said do. Anyone have any ideas?

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Ok It seems like the problem was that I had this set to on:

[xcache.admin]
xcache.admin.enable_auth

I set it to off, and now it seems to be working. Thx for the reply.

[Pure Dope]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

We've seen an influx of incorrectly configured xcache servers as of late

Please add

PHP Code:

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true); 


to your config.php file, then change the vBO cache setting to Filecache, then remove the above PHP code (or comment it out).

If you have xcache.admin.enable_auth set to On you need to provide the username and password in the config.php file for this mod.

If not, you'll want to run these two test scripts in order:

PHP Code:

<?php
xcache_set('test', 'Working!');
?>

PHP Code:

<?php
echo xcache_get('test');
?>

Fillip

Yeah that was exactly what the problem was. The authentication. Thx.

So the cache settings in the config.php file get ignored now, right???

[DragonByte Tech]

I believe so yeah, you can override datastore caching within the mod


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

vB Optimise v2.5.0:
Feature [DBTech] Advanced Post Thanks / Like Statistics caching
Feature [DBTech] Advanced User Tagging Statistics caching

Fillip

[Robru]

I got blank pages when upgrade to version v2.5.0
Has it to do with vbSEO Likes or so?

[DragonByte Tech]

Try adding

PHP Code:

ini_set('display_errors', true); 


to config.php directly beneath <?


Fillip

[hugh_]

I'm considering the paid version of this mod but I'm a little concerned at having recently upgraded from the older (lite) release to version 2.4.0 (lite) because I'm seeing almost no change in SQL statistics.

Is this expected?

I also have a problem with the cost of the full version of your mods if I'm honest.

How do you justify charging more than a full vBulletin 4.0 license ($195) for a mod?

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by hugh_

I'm considering the paid version of this mod but I'm a little concerned at having recently upgraded from the older (lite) release to version 2.4.0 (lite) because I'm seeing almost no change in SQL statistics.

Is this expected?

Yeah, since the older Lite version and 2.4.0 added no new cache features, only the display of the SQL queries saved

v2.5.0 Lite added additional cache if you run APTL or AUT, but don't expect a giant leap in stats there either - it's only the Statistics pages of those mods that are cached.

The Pro version, however, adds Who Has Read Thread and Who Has Visited Forum cache for vB 4.2.0+, which should see a significant boost in stats - that's ignoring all the other benefits that you can read about in the OP

Originally Posted by hugh_

I also have a problem with the cost of the full version of your mods if I'm honest.

How do you justify charging more than a full vBulletin 4.0 license ($195) for a mod?

vBOptimise is priced the way it is because it has the potential to (and in many cases does) save MUCH more than that over its lifetime (sometimes within a month or two) in increased server fees keeping up with site growth etc. Some of our customers save millions, tens of millions or even over 100 million queries per day, which would all usually translate into increased costs. Thanks to vBO that's not the case.

Obviously our pricing isn't for everyone, that's why we release Lite versions as well, so people who run smaller sites and such can still get much of the benefit of our products


Fillip

[eva2000]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

vBOptimise is priced the way it is because it has the potential to (and in many cases does) save MUCH more than that over its lifetime (sometimes within a month or two) in increased server fees keeping up with site growth etc. Some of our customers save millions, tens of millions or even over 100 million queries per day, which would all usually translate into increased costs. Thanks to vBO that's not the case.

Obviously our pricing isn't for everyone, that's why we release Lite versions as well, so people who run smaller sites and such can still get much of the benefit of our products


Fillip

+1

Indeed, saves heaps the Pro version saved one of my clients 10 billion cache hits per month or ~3,600 cache hits/s http://vbtechsupport.com/1526/

[tsptom]

I have had this installed for a few weeks and I just noticed this on my forum home page...

MySQL Queries vB Optimise has saved this forum 0

Does this ever get reset or is it possible that vboptimise has not saved us any queries? All settings are showing as optimal and all test complete successfully.

Also, it may be a coincidence, but since installing, the number of guests has jumped 5 X (hundreds) at any given time. I thought that was strange. For the record I did install a few mods around the same time.

Thanks