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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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.

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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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[iraqiboy90]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

This mod does absolutely nothing in your browser - no new JavaScript or anything of the sort, so it cannot be the cause of this issue. This mod is 100% server-side.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help


Fillip

ok, I have the mod turned off for a while, lets see how it goes. I still have the caching method through .htaccess enabled.

[bsun]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Caches vB Optimise variables in the file system rather than memory - it's slower, but works on every host.

Are you sure you're looking in the right place in your AdminCP menu? Can you post a screenshot?

Fillip

Sure thing. Here are three (including captions), portraying my testing process after installing vB Optimise 2 on a test installation of vB4.

1 - http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/...ps97926a84.jpg

2 - http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2b326dd9.jpg

3 - http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/...psb9a9772c.jpg

As you can see, no menu is appearing after installation. I'll be happy to post additional product installation logs or such for you, if you're able to give me a location in which to look for them.

[bsun]

Alternately, if installation logs aren't present/helpful, is there a parameter in vBulletin that I can set in order to make the plugin display some information before dying? Right now, it seems to just be failing silently. (PHP-level error reporting is already on.)

[The_____KinG]

Excellent Mod.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by bsun

Alternately, if installation logs aren't present/helpful, is there a parameter in vBulletin that I can set in order to make the plugin display some information before dying? Right now, it seems to just be failing silently. (PHP-level error reporting is already on.)

The cpnav parsing is a native vBulletin feature, so vB Optimise doesn't interfere with this.

Can you please try disabling all other products on your forum, in case there's any conflicts with other products that manually append to the admincp menu?


Fillip

[bsun]

That appears to have maybe done the trick. We now have a vboptimise menu (after disabling/re-enabling the "miserable users" plugin), but I want to check one other thing. The new menu has asterisks around it, so it looks like this:

*[vboptimise]*
*[vboptimise_resourcestats]*
*[vboptimise_mainsettings]*
*[vboptimise_cachesettings]*
*[vboptimise_miscsettings]*
*[vboptimise_optimalsettings]*
*[vboptimise_systemtest]*
*[vboptimise_flushcache]*

Do you know if these asterisks signify anything -- an incomplete installation, for example -- or are they just a nice way of framing the menu?

Thanks again -- I think we're making progress!

[bsun]

A bit more detail that makes us pretty sure we still have some work to do: In addition to the asterisks mentioned above, we get a couple errors in the admincp interface. For informational purposes:

-- Hitting the "vboptimise_systemtest" link brings up this screen:

http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/...ps656b2302.jpg

-- The "vboptimise_optimalsettings" link brings up this screen:

http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/...psc5db7fed.jpg

All of the other control panel screens appear to be fine, (though the resource-saving statistics page is not graphing anything -- possibly because I haven't reached some sort of metrics reporting cycle yet). Has anyone seen behavior like this before?

[imahawki]

I installed this a few days ago but my vB Optimise: Resource Saving Statistic chart is still just blank.

[bsun]

An update: Switching from css-as-files to css-as-database (via AdminCP > Settings > Options > Style & Language settings ) and allowing overwrite during installation (even though I had theoretically uninstalled all previous versions of VBO via the "uninstall" option) appears to have at least removed the asterisks and given me usable error messages.

Now the problem is as follows:

-- I go to vB Optimise > Main Settings

-- I hit the "Yes" radio button in the "Online / Offline" area. I hit "save" at page bottom.

-- The page reloads, showing my desired settings

-- The "system test" screen, however, says that "vB Optimise is currently offline. Please enable and configure vB Optimise to run a system test."

If I log out and back in, the main settings screen still shows VBO as being on, and the system test still complains about it being off.

For context, here's what the "Optimal Settings" test results look like: http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/...psd4125f3d.jpg

Are there any common steps to take from here?

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by imahawki

I installed this a few days ago but my vB Optimise: Resource Saving Statistic chart is still just blank.

Originally Posted by bsun

An update: Switching from css-as-files to css-as-database (via AdminCP > Settings > Options > Style & Language settings ) and allowing overwrite during installation (even though I had theoretically uninstalled all previous versions of VBO via the "uninstall" option) appears to have at least removed the asterisks and given me usable error messages.

Now the problem is as follows:

-- I go to vB Optimise > Main Settings

-- I hit the "Yes" radio button in the "Online / Offline" area. I hit "save" at page bottom.

-- The page reloads, showing my desired settings

-- The "system test" screen, however, says that "vB Optimise is currently offline. Please enable and configure vB Optimise to run a system test."

If I log out and back in, the main settings screen still shows VBO as being on, and the system test still complains about it being off.

For context, here's what the "Optimal Settings" test results look like: http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/...psd4125f3d.jpg

Are there any common steps to take from here?

Can you both ensure you have selected a cacher from the Cache Settings? If you don't have any of the other cachers available, you can always opt for using Filecache, providing you followed the instructions in the readme.txt file for CHMODing the folder it needs.


Fillip