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)

[Deceptor]

I've prepped the next release for tomorrow, which currently includes:

- Optimal Settings Check System (will analyze your vB settings and see if any can be changed to improve performance).
- Kill Hook, so the vb optimise object is destroyed after it's used
- Fixed a minor bug, Force Datastore Cache still ran if vB Optimise was offline
- vB Optimise: Forumhome WOL Cache - Will cache your forumhome wol data for X seconds saving a query on your forum homepage

If anyone has any suggestions, be sure to let me know and I'll try get them in the next update

[Medtech]

Suggestion.... in chief post.... big red letters... Do a database backup before you install this modification!

been reading all the posts here in this thread. users should be prompted to do a db backup since a lot of them seem to try installing without verifying php admin version. it may save them big headaches. the smart user will do a backup before installing any mod.

This mod has perfect code and works without any flaws as long as it is properly installed.

[Medtech]

another suggestion... i experience sluggish server and forums when i have 700+ users online at a time. would be nice if there was a part of this modification that would have a progressive plugin disabler to regulate the load on the server.

example would be for having a selectable choice for what gets shut down first, then second, and third and so on. i have 51 modifications installed at this time. i have to manually start shutting down modifications to lighten the load at busy times about once a week. would be great if vb would automatically do this. tired of seeing out of memory errors.

[Deceptor]

Thanks for the suggestions Medtech, as for the db backup, I see no need as vB Optimise doesn't affect the database in any way. At the most the product will cause php errors (dueto php requirements) and simply removing the product resolves that

As for the regulation, I might have an idea for that

[Medtech]

Originally Posted by Deceptor

As for the regulation, I might have an idea for that

awesome!! i'll test it on 3.8.0 RC2

[lolo?]

thanks for APC now 4 query save on forumhome and 3 on thread nominate mom

[tmc]

Originally Posted by Deceptor

I've prepped the next release for tomorrow, which currently includes:

- Optimal Settings Check System (will analyze your vB settings and see if any can be changed to improve performance).
- Kill Hook, so the vb optimise object is destroyed after it's used
- Fixed a minor bug, Force Datastore Cache still ran if vB Optimise was offline
- vB Optimise: Forumhome WOL Cache - Will cache your forumhome wol data for X seconds saving a query on your forum homepage

If anyone has any suggestions, be sure to let me know and I'll try get them in the next update

Sexy. But really, it's the holidays.. Take a break!

[Deceptor]

The break is the reason I've had time to do this

[logicuk]

Hello Deceptor I now have this working but i have a few questions

I have a single vbulletin install on my dedicated server i have memcache installed, what do i set this to? "vB Optimise: Data Prefix"

Also how can i check if its reduced my number of query's and made my pages faster?

And thanks again for the amazing work!

ps. i nominated this addon for addon of the month

[veenuisthebest]

Originally Posted by Deceptor

I've prepped the next release for tomorrow, which currently includes:

- Optimal Settings Check System (will analyze your vB settings and see if any can be changed to improve performance).
- Kill Hook, so the vb optimise object is destroyed after it's used
- Fixed a minor bug, Force Datastore Cache still ran if vB Optimise was offline
- vB Optimise: Forumhome WOL Cache - Will cache your forumhome wol data for X seconds saving a query on your forum homepage

If anyone has any suggestions, be sure to let me know and I'll try get them in the next update

oh man another query will drop then. You're going to make the whole forum run on cache soon haha..

Originally Posted by logicuk

Hello Deceptor I now have this working but i have a few questions

I have a single vbulletin install on my dedicated server i have memcache installed, what do i set this to? "vB Optimise: Data Prefix"

Also how can i check if its reduced my number of query's and made my pages faster?

And thanks again for the amazing work!


ps. i nominated this addon for addon of the month

Data prefix can be anything, the description includes an example text as well.

It does clearly removes 2 global queries, To check it, you need to enable debug mode for your forum.