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

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* 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)

[Gadget_Guy]

Installed and has really made an improvement on my site, even just using FileCache.

Going to look into switching to XCache but it is well worth the price.

D.

[DragonByte Tech]

vB Optimise v2.5.0:
Feature [DBTech] Advanced Post Thanks / Like Statistics caching
Feature [DBTech] Advanced User Tagging Statistics caching

Fillip

[ChiNa]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

The "Opcache Operator" is what method of caching you want to use. If it's left on "None", then the mod will not do anything.

If you're not sure, you should pick Filecache (assuming you followed the Readme.txt installation instructions and CHMOD /dbtech/vboptimise/filecache to 0777).

You should turn on the Cache Datastore yeah, that caches things like forums, and vBulletin Options


Fillip

Sir, first of all there is no Readme.txt! Can you please put a simple tutorial about each options, because I am new on here and I dont know about any previouse versions!

I did install it, and after running a few test on online webpage testers, not on one but many, my pages were loading slowe than befor! and I did use the FILECACHING options, and did CHMOD the vboptimise filecache folder to 0777.. Still slower.. What could be wrong maybe,,, the onkly thing I had a red cross over in the settings, were my AVATAR URL.. thats it

[DragonByte Tech]

Sorry, it's called "Installation or Upgrade.txt".

The tutorial about each option is written on the options themselves, however I will ask our documentation writer to prioritise writing a full manual for vB Optimise

If page speed is slower after using Filecache, then your server's harddrives may be too slow so that bottleneck shifts from MySQL (waiting for queries to load) to the HDD (waiting for the drive to load the cache files).

If you do not have the possibility to request your host to install and configure an opcode cacher like APC or XCache (I recommend APC since it's easier to install) then unfortunately vB Optimise cannot help you


Fillip

[Simon Lloyd]

I have xcache installed but when i enable it in your mod i can't do anything else in admincp (well not much), i have to disable hooks via includes/config.php, the error i get is:
Warning: xcache_get() [function.xcache-get]: XCache var cache was not initialized properly. Check php log for actual reason in [path]/dbtech/vboptimise/includes/operators/xcache.php on line 21

Filecache works fine but i'd like to use xcache, any ideas?

[DragonByte Tech]

You'll need to contact your host, this is an issue with your server setup


Fillip

[Simon Lloyd]

Can you eloborate on what we should be looking for, as i understand it all i had to do was recompile apache with the xcache enabled?

[DragonByte Tech]

I can't - as per the error message you need to either investigate yourself or have your host investigate the php error log for the full error. I can't tell you anything more than that


Fillip

[SIINSI]

Hello, this seems like a great idea. Out of curiosity, will it work with vb 3.7?

[DragonByte Tech]

We've not tested it on vBulletin 3.7 - you're free to try it, but we cannot guarantee it will work.

Fillip