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

vB Optimise Lite

This is ported from my original version released for vBulletin 3.8 located here. In this release I have re-coded vB Optimise from the gound and focused stability over features.

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 - 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).
• 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
No change, just keeping in sync with vB 3.8/Pro

[>>] 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)

[final kaoss]

is this compatable with vB4 SuperCharged - Optimises CSS, Javascript and HTML or will I see conflicts?

[DragonByte Tech]

Not entirely sure; vB4S is known to break a great many modifications by rearranging JS code and such, so I wouldn't be surprised if there were conflicts, though I can think of none off the top of my head.

Fillip

[newmark]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Hmm, can you try disabling all other mods to see if the issue still occurs?

For #1, sadly we're unable to assist with how to set up XCache. You can try Memcached instead, it's got a lot less configuration problems and works on pretty much all systems.

#2: What happens if you turn off opcaching? Does it work then?

#1: Sounds like something's wrong with your server or file permissions, as it's not an error someone has reported before.

#2 and #3 are probably related.

Are you running suhosin?


Fillip

yes when I disable this product everything seems working properly..

by the way I change the cache type to "filecahce" and change the folder permission to 077; now the product works properly..I got no error..and I'm also able to edit the templates etc..
but what I wonder is, when I choose filecahce as the cache type does it mean the same with xcache??

[TeknoSounds]

does your xcache show up properly in your phpinfo file? And are you able to flush the cache from the XCache Admin page? does everything in the admin page show its working? (i.e. counters increasing, colored bars filling, etc)

[newmark]

Originally Posted by TeknoSounds

does your xcache show up properly in your phpinfo file? And are you able to flush the cache from the XCache Admin page? does everything in the admin page show its working? (i.e. counters increasing, colored bars filling, etc)

not with xcache but when I choose filecahce as the cache option then I can flush cache and system test also works properly..no error is given..and the most important part is, I can edit my templates with filecahce..but I'm not sure about the performance of it compared to Xcache..

[TeknoSounds]

right, that's using it through vboptimize. But is xcache showing as functioning on its own already? when you view your phpinfo file there should be a section for it if its running:

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
with XCache v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 2005-2009, by mOo

Hopefully you installed the xcache admin pages as well, and can you access them?

[DragonByte Tech]

Filecache is not as efficient as using a proper opcode cacher, but if you're unable to get XCache working and can't switch to a different and more recommended cacher like Memcached (extremely easy to setup, if I remember correctly it just needs to be installed, started, set to auto-start on startup, and then it Just Works), then filecache is a viable alternative


Fillip

[newmark]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Filecache is not as efficient as using a proper opcode cacher, but if you're unable to get XCache working and can't switch to a different and more recommended cacher like Memcached (extremely easy to setup, if I remember correctly it just needs to be installed, started, set to auto-start on startup, and then it Just Works), then filecache is a viable alternative


Fillip

thanks..

[rajubd]

when v3.0 will be lunched?

[DragonByte Tech]

That's not clear yet, sorry.

Fillip