Board Optimization - [DBTech] vB Optimise v2 (vB3)

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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What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* 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.

We appreciate the support!
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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)

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Behrooz_Ice

i had enable all of Cache setting like Cache Styles and Cache Templates and Cache Datastore in that menu before but we have problem yet and i see Resource Statistics is null!
my question is, when we use Memcache instead of Filecache on Opcache Operator menu, what should i see in Resource Saving Statistic menu?
and please tel me Memcache is better or Filecache for the high speed loading of site?
note: my forum is hosted on linux dedicated server and use litespeed.

Memcache is better, but it's a gigantic pain in the arse to set up as you yourself have experienced. I cannot help you diagnose problems in your Memcache setup

I recommend trying out APC cache - Memcache is only better if it's running on a separate server entirely.

Originally Posted by dizzynation

Does this help use less RAM on hosting servers?

No, it will take up more RAM in order to speed up your site
Unused RAM is wasted RAM, so you will always want your RAM filled up with data so that the server doesn't have to query MySQL (hard disk lookup) as that is orders of magnitude slower than reading from RAM.

To put things into perspective, DDR-3 SDRAM has a maximum transfer rate of 6400 MB/s. The fastest SSDs on the market (discounting RAID setups) has a maximum transfer rate of 550 MB/s.

You shouldn't ask for anything to take up less RAM for this reason

Originally Posted by dizzynation

Installed and Nominated, but after enabling I run a test and it says my vbo is turned off.....

[Edit] Ok i turned on filecache, and set to writable, but when I run a test it says AJAZ not available

Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. Can you please clarify?


Fillip

[dizzynation]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. Can you please clarify?


Fillip

I fixed it -

My server keeps shutting down because my ram is getting used to much, so I thought this would lower the use, Godaddy server support keeps telling my to lower my ram usage

[Behrooz_Ice]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Memcache is better, but it's a gigantic pain in the arse to set up as you yourself have experienced. I cannot help you diagnose problems in your Memcache setup

I recommend trying out APC cache - Memcache is only better if it's running on a separate server entirely.

No, it will take up more RAM in order to speed up your site
Unused RAM is wasted RAM, so you will always want your RAM filled up with data so that the server doesn't have to query MySQL (hard disk lookup) as that is orders of magnitude slower than reading from RAM.

To put things into perspective, DDR-3 SDRAM has a maximum transfer rate of 6400 MB/s. The fastest SSDs on the market (discounting RAID setups) has a maximum transfer rate of 550 MB/s.

You shouldn't ask for anything to take up less RAM for this reason

Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. Can you please clarify?


Fillip

i installed APC OpCode cache and i'm using that now but we got error in "System Test" after 5min:

vB Optimise: Test Setup
Running Test: Connection to apc
Test completed successfully
Running Test: Store Cache
Test completed successfully
Running Test: Fetch Cache
Your Opcache Operator extension is functioning, however it is unable to store data. Please check your extension configuration.
Running Test: Flush Cache
Test completed successfully

its my phpinfo page:

apc
APC Support	enabled
Version 	3.1.9
APC Debugging 	Disabled
MMAP Support 	Enabled
MMAP File Mask 	no value
Locking type 	pthread mutex Locks
Serialization Support 	php
Revision 	$Revision: 308812 $
Build Date 	Jan 14 2013 12:12:59

Directive	Local Value	Master Value
apc.cache_by_default	On	On
apc.canonicalize	On	On
apc.coredump_unmap	Off	Off
apc.enable_cli	Off	Off
apc.enabled	On	On
apc.file_md5	Off	Off
apc.file_update_protection	2	2
apc.filters	no value	no value
apc.gc_ttl	3600	3600
apc.include_once_override	Off	Off
apc.lazy_classes	Off	Off
apc.lazy_functions	Off	Off
apc.max_file_size	1M	1M
apc.mmap_file_mask	no value	no value
apc.num_files_hint	1000	1000
apc.preload_path	no value	no value
apc.report_autofilter	Off	Off
apc.rfc1867	Off	Off
apc.rfc1867_freq	0	0
apc.rfc1867_name	APC_UPLOAD_PROGRESS	APC_UPLOAD_PROGRESS
apc.rfc1867_prefix	upload_	upload_
apc.rfc1867_ttl	3600	3600
apc.serializer	default	default
apc.shm_segments	1	1
apc.shm_size	32M	32M
apc.slam_defense	On	On
apc.stat	On	On
apc.stat_ctime	Off	Off
apc.ttl	0	0
apc.use_request_time	On	On
apc.user_entries_hint	4096	4096
apc.user_ttl	0	0
apc.write_lock	On	On

but when i see Resource Statistics menu; it show me blank data yet!
should i change somethings in vbulletin config.php file?

[DragonByte Tech]

What Apache handler are you using? If you're using WHM, you can find it by going to PHP & SUexec Configuration.

Fillip

[Behrooz_Ice]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

What Apache handler are you using? If you're using WHM, you can find it by going to PHP & SUexec Configuration.


Fillip

I use Plesk 11 and web Server is:
Server API LiteSpeed V6.1
with 1 cpu dedicated license.
our site is down after going some hours!

[DragonByte Tech]

Are you able to observe memory / cpu usage (such as via top in SSH) before the site goes down?

I assume just rebooting your server / VPS brings it back, but then it goes back down?

Fillip

[gabrielt]

Hi, how can I measure the number of queries before and after installing this, so I can monitor the performance before and after installing your product? We run a huge forums and I am seriously considering the Pro version; if the Lite works as expected, I don't see why not buying the Pro -- I believe it is an investment that is worthwhile (since we run a for-profit forums). Thanks.

[gabrielt]

Originally Posted by dizzynation

Does this help use less RAM on hosting servers?

NO, it is the oposite, it uses more RAM, so data is chached in RAM and vBulletin doesn't need to query the database server, speeding-up vBulletin and lowering load at the MySQL server.

[gabrielt]

Never mind -- I found out that you already added this option inside vB Optimise v2. I've just installed and will post here some results. Thanks.

[DragonByte Tech]

We'll await your results


Fillip