Amount of online users

[the1englishman]

Hello . my question is this, we have v bulletin instaled on http://www.cdrforum.com , the problem is when we get over 45-50 online users the forum slows down to a crawl, over 60 and it crashes, any tips on why this happens ? we monitored the server and it appears that it uses all avalible ram.. please help a newbie out here !! :D

[Me2Be]

You may want to read the threads in the server configuration section - I had the same problem and thanks to optimization and indexing from Chris in there, I can easily handle over 100 users at once!

[Mike Sullivan]

First, upgrade to vB 1.1.4 - you'll get some nice speed increases from that.

Then, I suggest you head over to the Server Config or MySQL forums and ask for help there :D

[Chris Schreiber]

Yes the default MySQL values will handle up to about 40 users... anything over that and you will need to edit some MySQL parameters... just browse the MySQL/Server Config forums for an idea of what kind of information to post (current settings, machine setup, etc...) and I can help you out from there.

-Chris

[eva2000]

Originally posted by Chris Schreiber
Yes the default MySQL values will handle up to about 40 users... anything over that and you will need to edit some MySQL parameters... just browse the MySQL/Server Config forums for an idea of what kind of information to post (current settings, machine setup, etc...) and I can help you out from there.

-Chris just a suggestion chris, why no make it a guideline to post server settings on their first post in the server config forum, or have it as an announcement for the server config forum :)

[the1englishman]

Thanks for the speedy replies guys !