The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

Ninth Dimension · #1 01-09-2006, 04:19 PM

I've got some problems with my current hosting. They were complaining that my forum was using more than 10% of the total processor power on the server and as such as causing problems with other sites.

As a result I've had to reduce the '*NIX Server Load Limit' setting on my forum. I've got it set to about 10 (it says 5 should be OK, but I've put it to 10 anyway can anyone tell me what this actually does) but as a result, now a lot of my users are complaining that they're getting 'This server is busy at the moment, please try again later'.

Now I'm looking for help with two things. First of all, I've got a custom user group on the forum called 'Friends of Arathor'. It's the group for people who have donated/subscribed to the site. I'd like to set it so that members of this group get preference over the other users so they never see the 'server is busy' message.

Second of all, can anyone give me any tips on how I can reduce the server load? What features can be turned off, etc... to make it use less power, etc...

Reeve of shinra · #2 01-09-2006, 06:42 PM

Good idea about using the server load...

What hacks are using? Those are a good way to increase your load.

You can also turn off the similiar threads feature.

Ninth Dimension · #3 01-10-2006, 01:16 PM

I've got a few that I'm using, nothing too major (I don't think), cept for the arcade.

I'm going to be upgrading to 3.5.3 soon (maybe over the weekend), which will pretty much mean I'm going to lose any hacks I've got on there anyway.

Does anyone know if 3.5.* is better for server load, etc?

(and does anyone know how I can let a specific usergroup bypass the 'server is busy' message?)

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.03630 seconds Memory Usage 2,168KB Queries Executed 11 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (1)ad_showthread_firstpost (1)ad_showthread_firstpost_sig (1)ad_showthread_firstpost_start (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)navbar (3)navbar_link (120)option (3)post_thanks_box (3)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (3)post_thanks_postbit_info (3)postbit (3)postbit_onlinestatus (3)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!