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)

[MissKalunji]

working so far on 3.7.4 i do notice it going faster and the main page dropped down by 3 queries

before

Page generated in 0.34155 seconds with 15 queries

after

Page generated in 0.91025 seconds with 13 queries


Even Vbadvanced

was 16 queries now it is

Page generated in 0.18777 seconds with 14 queries

Good Job *nominate*


Only one thing is it normal the the page generated time is higher then before? is it just because i just finish installing?

[BeoRski]

Working like a charm on my forums (iSTORYA.NET Forums)... nginx + php-fcgi + vbseo + vbulletin 3.7.4 PL1 + memcached + eaccelerator

Excellent support: Voted

[Deceptor]

MissKalunji, what method are you using? Filecache method will add to your generation time slightly, and more so if your servers hard drive is getting a lot of use or isn't fast. If you can try use one of the other available methods.

Regarding vBAdvanced, the next version released will have an option to integrate with vBAdvanced and seriously knock off a lot of queries it executes. Taking a little longer than I expected due to the lack hooks they've provided, that and I won't break the no file edit part of this mod

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by Deceptor

MissKalunji, what method are you using? Filecache method will add to your generation time slightly, and more so if your servers hard drive is getting a lot of use or isn't fast. If you can try use one of the other available methods.

Regarding vBAdvanced, the next version released will have an option to integrate with vBAdvanced and seriously knock off a lot of queries it executes. Taking a little longer than I expected due to the lack hooks they've provided, that and I won't break the no file edit part of this mod

uhm my server came with zend never thought about changing i would hate to break anything....

what other available methods?

as for hard drive...as in uploaded videos, music, pictures etc?

[Deceptor]

Changing the cache method won't break anything vB Optimise will check you have the required extension on your server required before applying the setting, if your unsure maybe ask your host to install XCache

As for hard drive, I meant your servers hard drive

[Deceptor]

Upcoming Update

In the next update, I've focused on vBAdvanced. It's a popular modification I've seen but at the cost of resources due to the amount of data it can display. In the example below, I show you what vB Optimise has done to a default vBAdvanced installation on my test vBulletin 3.8 forum.


vBAdvanced CMPS Index Page - vB Optimise DISABLED, vB Optimise vBAdvanced Integration DISABLED

Page Generation 0.09400 seconds, Memory Usage 1,136KB, Queries Executed 15

vBAdvanced CMPS Index Page - vB Optimise ENABLED, vB Optimise vBAdvanced Integration DISABLED

Page Generation 0.06647 seconds, Memory Usage 1,244KB Queries Executed 13

Now for the important part...

vBAdvanced CMPS Index Page - vB Optimise ENABLED, vB Optimise vBAdvanced Integration ENABLED

Page Generation 0.05494 seconds, Memory Usage 1,251KB, Queries Executed 5

I'm still currently testing all aspects of the vBAdvanced Integration switch coming in the next release, but I am very excited about the results, and I hope it'll have a great impact on your forums

[Vitaly]

Found 1 inconvenient thing: when created new infraction type in admincp, got empty string instead of desctiption. All become ok after cache flush.

It's not a problem to flush cache for users when finished, but it's a big problem when you apply modification and don't see result in acp. Don't know, if it's possible, but it would be good to disable vbopt for acp.

[Deceptor]

I'll see about adding in more hook locations to drop stale cache when data is updated Vitaly

[shlomot]

I strongly recommend that we will all vote this MOD as MOTH for the rare combination of excellence of product and service.

There are good MODs out there and there are developers who offer a great service. However, a second-to-none performance on both planes doesn't come easy.

[Radek125]

Simply amazing mod. Installed and nominated. http://www.afraidyet.net/forums/


Cannot wait for the vBAdvanced changes.