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)

[Deceptor]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

See above. I did that. I'm not new to installing and uninstalling files. Your add-on left all sorts of crap behind in the database, corrupting my database in the process. I restored the database from a backup but lost some of the data in the process, and now I'm still trying to clean up the mess.

vB Optimise doesn't touch the database, the only DB interaction is with vBulletins stock product/plugin installer - if what you claim is true then vBulletin corrupted your database. However without evident proof (other than a PHP error which says a file is missing) I'm beginning to think you're trolling this thread.

[argothiusz]

Installed and work like charm.

Compatible with all other modifications
Thanks for the Xcache authorization ^_^

[MarkJW]

Using this with Memcache on a litespeed/suPHP-powered server (all the other accelerators aren't compatible with my setup). Seems to be helping things, but I wish that there was a vbMicrostats mod for vB4 so I could know for sure. The old vbMicrostats mod for vB2 and vB3 finally won't work anymore on vB4.

[Deceptor]

Originally Posted by MarkJW

Using this with Memcache on a litespeed/suPHP-powered server (all the other accelerators aren't compatible with my setup). Seems to be helping things, but I wish that there was a vbMicrostats mod for vB4 so I could know for sure. The old vbMicrostats mod for vB2 and vB3 finally won't work anymore on vB4.

You can enable vBulletin debug mode in the config.php file:
$config['Misc']['debug'] = 1;

This will show queries and such, not as pretty as the microstats unfortunately

[goyo]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

See above. I did that. I'm not new to installing and uninstalling products or plugins. Your add-on left all sorts of crap behind in the database, corrupting my database in the process. I restored the database from a backup but lost some of the data in the process, and now I'm still trying to clean up the mess.

xCache has nothing to do with your database.

What caching method have You used ?

When is your database became corrupted "in the process"? During install, during running or during uninstall ?


vB Optimise was THE BEST general optimization script for 3.x. Cudos for porting this to 4.x! :up:

[Deceptor]

Originally Posted by goyo

vB Optimise was THE BEST general optimization script for 3.x. Cudos for porting this to 4.x! :up:

You're welcome

[tkam]

I'm using APC and when I run vB Optimise System Test, everything passes ok except the Flush Cache which gives me this error:

Your Opcache Operator extension is unable to flush variables. Please check your extension configuration.

I'm not sure where to check in the APC config for this?

[Deceptor]

Originally Posted by tkam

I'm using APC and when I run vB Optimise System Test, everything passes ok except the Flush Cache which gives me this error:

Your Opcache Operator extension is unable to flush variables. Please check your extension configuration.

I'm not sure where to check in the APC config for this?

Generally it's located within php.ini, or APC.ini if your setup has distribute configuration files. AFAIK there is no special requirement for APC flushing its cache.

Perhaps the new flag introduced needs to be set, try opening the following file "/vboptimise/core/class_operator_apc.php"

Find:

apc_clear_cache();

Change it to:

apc_clear_cache('user');

Save and upload the file, run the System Test again

[tkam]

That did the trick, thanks!

[Deceptor]

Originally Posted by tkam

That did the trick, thanks!

Awesome, I'll update the download to include the hot-fix