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]

Because the $100 for the plugin itself is for the work that went into creating the plugin

vBulletin / Internet Brands charge you $170 for a Branding Free licence for your forum.
vBSEO charges you $117.

Having branding increases traffic to our site, driving sales and helps us to provide even more awesome products.

Even if 1 in every 10k visitors to your site is actually a forum owner themselves (either in the present or in the future) and would be interested in our products, that's still 1 lost sale.
If we then assume that your site gets 100k visitors, that's 10 lost sales.

10 lost vB Optimise sales equates to $1000, which when compared to a $100 Branding Free licence is actually a pretty bad business deal for us

Hopefully that makes it clearer why we put branding in our mods, and why we charge such a high fee to remove it


Fillip

[Chadi]

Enabled debugging and noticed these errors

[DragonByte Tech]

First of all, those aren't errors, they're just incorrect API calls that vB silently discarded.

Secondly, they're not related to vB Optimise, as I don't believe that mod ever fetches forum permissions at all


Fillip

[AndrewSimm]

What is the affect on server memory when caching? I run a big board with a unique situation that I am trying to solve without spending a bizillion a month on hosting. In a nut shell most of the time I have 300 - 400 users online and they make 3200 - 4000 post a day. 13 days a year I have around 600 - 800 online and for about 5 hours they make about 2000 post a hour. This is causing my memory to fill up while the processor is processing the request.

[DragonByte Tech]

I doubt vB Optimise will help you with memory usage - in fact, most opcode cachers are designed to steal MORE memory in order to avoid hitting the CPU for re-running PHP scripts.

You might be best off getting a Memcache server on a separate machine, and also stuff your MySQL on that second server


Fillip

[Chadi]

Would this mod be necessary if your using nginx?

[Ghostt]

Does the lite version not support caching templates from guests?
i dont undestand this.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Chadi

Would this mod be necessary if your using nginx?

Nginx doesn't deal with opcode caching so yeah, it still has an effect

Originally Posted by Ghostt

Does the lite version not support caching templates from guests?
i dont undestand this.

Guest caching is a Pro-only feature


Fillip

[Mark_Zuckerberg]

When i run test it gives one error which is

Your Opcache Operator extension is functioning, however it is unable to store data. Please check your extension configuration.

[DragonByte Tech]

That means your chosen opcache operator isn't working correctly as it's unable to store data - you should contact your host


Fillip