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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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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[DragonByte Tech]

vB Optimise v2.6.1

New Features:

(Pro) Plugin Cache

• Stores all plugins in a PHP file
• Improves performance for plugin execution
• Allows for plugin code to be cached by opcode cacher

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:

• "Variable passed by reference" errors should now be resolved
• (Pro) MS Azure CDN will now use the same URL Scheme as the forum, improving HTTPS support

Fillip

[sticky]

I installed the product and turned it on but when I go to do a system test it says it is offline, how come?

[sticky]

Had to set opcache and am using filecache. Working now, let's see how it runs.

[Terrablade]

If i installed APC server side, is it enough? or should I also use the APC in this mod?

[DragonByte Tech]

Using APC in this mod as well will have additional benefits, such as being able to cache more information than vBulletin caches by default.

That being said, I would recommend XCache over APC, as APC has been discontinued and is no longer supported in newer PHP versions.

Fillip

[AusPhotography]

XCache is the easiest I think. It's part of cPanel EasyApache as well

[CoffeeLovesYou]

Hi Fillip,
Is there a reason why Resource Saving Statistic doesn't work properly?
I have a feeling vB Optimise (or my htaccess or something) is caching the swf chart.
Every time I load the Resource Saving Statistic, I need to do CTRL + F5 (cache refresh page) to see updated resource saving statistics. The weird part is, when I do CTRL + F5, I only get a partial update of the saving statistics.
For example,
I first clicked on " Resource Saving Statistic", but it said it had only saved me 3 queries today, October 2nd.
I knew this was wrong, so I did CTRL + F5. Now it said 42 queries.
I did CTRL + F5 again. Now it said 105 queries.
I did CTRL + F5 again. Now it says 198 queries.
I did CTRL + F5 again just now, and it says 219 queries.
I think I'm going to stop caching swf objects through my htaccess for a week, and set swf to not cache at all.

Perhaps this is the reason.

[DragonByte Tech]

That seems like it's working perfectly fine - the statistics are updated via a Scheduled Task, which can only run if people are actually active on your site, every 10 minutes. It sounds reasonable that the statistics would then update on refresh


Fillip

[CoffeeLovesYou]

Thanks.
Another question, Fillip.
You may not be able to help me with this because it's custom, but..
I have a table on my forum that selects rows from a table in the database and outputs them onto a table. Currently, there's about 300 rows in this table, and it's growing daily.
Is there a way to cache this table every hour, and only update if there's a new row?

This may be beyond your scope of work, but if it were to come in the pro version, or there's a webpage you could direct me to, or something, I'd be very appreciative. I love this modification.

Thanks

edit: nvm. I noticed xcache does this for me.

[inigo]

I have installed last version today, but in the admin interface, Cache options, when I set to yes cache styles/templates,datastore, and click SAVE the system return blank screen and when i go again to that screen no changes have been made.

Optimal settings return all ok
system test: all ok, but Flush cache don't finish, it continue thinking and thinking flushing cache,...

Any help?

Thanks,