Eva this is our latest sever

[Male_LadyBug]

this is the best server we ordered so far and we want to have only one thing on it and that is a vb forum only nothing else

we would like to configure it perfectly

thank you

specs:
CPU: Xeon 2.4
Ram: 4 gb
HD: 1x80Gb IDE and 1x73Gb SCSI
OS: Redhat 9.0 w/cpanel

[RichM]

Hi,

Eva2000 will need the following information in order to help you;
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70117

[Male_LadyBug]

Apache Core 1.3.29
PHP 4.3.3
mysql (4.0.15-standard)


my.cnf
mysqld]
set-variable = max_connections=550
set-variable = key_buffer=16M
set-variable = myisam_sort_buffer_size=64M
set-variable = join_buffer=1M
set-variable = record_buffer=1M
set-variable = sort_buffer=2M
set-variable = table_cache=1024
set-variable = thread_cache_size=128
set-variable = wait_timeout=3600
set-variable = connect_timeout=10
set-variable = max_allowed_packet=16M
set-variable = max_connect_errors=10
set-variable = query_cache_limit=1M
set-variable = query_cache_size=32M
set-variable = query_cache_type=1
skip-innodb
[safe_mysqld]
open_files_limit=8192
[mysqldump]
quick
set-variable = max_allowed_packet=16M
[myisamchk]
set-variable = key_buffer=64M
set-variable = sort_buffer=64M
set-variable = read_buffer=16M


extend-status
+--------------------------+------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+------------+
| Aborted_clients | 0 |
| Aborted_connects | 3 |
| Bytes_received | 1111205228 |
| Bytes_sent | 28603840 |
| Com_admin_commands | 0 |
| Com_alter_table | 0 |
| Com_analyze | 0 |
| Com_backup_table | 0 |
| Com_begin | 0 |
| Com_change_db | 35 |
| Com_change_master | 0 |
| Com_check | 0 |
| Com_commit | 0 |
| Com_create_db | 0 |
| Com_create_function | 0 |
| Com_create_index | 0 |
| Com_create_table | 52 |
| Com_delete | 26 |
| Com_delete_multi | 0 |
| Com_drop_db | 0 |
| Com_drop_function | 0 |
| Com_drop_index | 0 |
| Com_drop_table | 1 |
| Com_flush | 0 |
| Com_grant | 0 |
| Com_ha_close | 0 |
| Com_ha_open | 0 |
| Com_ha_read | 0 |
| Com_insert | 2918023 |
| Com_insert_select | 0 |
| Com_kill | 0 |
| Com_load | 0 |
| Com_load_master_data | 0 |
| Com_load_master_table | 0 |
| Com_lock_tables | 4 |
| Com_optimize | 0 |
| Com_purge | 0 |
| Com_rename_table | 0 |
| Com_repair | 0 |
| Com_replace | 0 |
| Com_replace_select | 0 |
| Com_reset | 0 |
| Com_restore_table | 0 |
| Com_revoke | 0 |
| Com_rollback | 0 |
| Com_savepoint | 0 |
| Com_select | 270 |
| Com_set_option | 0 |
| Com_show_binlog_events | 0 |
| Com_show_binlogs | 0 |
| Com_show_create | 0 |
| Com_show_databases | 7 |
| Com_show_fields | 0 |
| Com_show_grants | 1 |
| Com_show_keys | 0 |
| Com_show_logs | 0 |
| Com_show_master_status | 0 |
| Com_show_new_master | 0 |
| Com_show_open_tables | 0 |
| Com_show_processlist | 8 |
| Com_show_slave_hosts | 0 |
| Com_show_slave_status | 0 |
| Com_show_status | 1 |
| Com_show_innodb_status | 0 |
| Com_show_tables | 7 |
| Com_show_variables | 0 |
| Com_slave_start | 0 |
| Com_slave_stop | 0 |
| Com_truncate | 0 |
| Com_unlock_tables | 4 |
| Com_update | 199 |
| Connections | 49 |
| Created_tmp_disk_tables | 0 |
| Created_tmp_tables | 10 |
| Created_tmp_files | 0 |
| Delayed_insert_threads | 0 |
| Delayed_writes | 0 |
| Delayed_errors | 0 |
| Flush_commands | 1 |
| Handler_commit | 0 |
| Handler_delete | 2 |
| Handler_read_first | 16 |
| Handler_read_key | 1307 |
| Handler_read_next | 11299 |
| Handler_read_prev | 80 |
| Handler_read_rnd | 1451 |
| Handler_read_rnd_next | 197875 |
| Handler_rollback | 0 |
| Handler_update | 27 |
| Handler_write | 2918434 |
| Key_blocks_used | 15586 |
| Key_read_requests | 28853258 |
| Key_reads | 7192 |
| Key_write_requests | 9792621 |
| Key_writes | 9792611 |
| Max_used_connections | 1 |
| Not_flushed_key_blocks | 0 |
| Not_flushed_delayed_rows | 0 |
| Open_tables | 53 |
| Open_files | 104 |
| Open_streams | 0 |
| Opened_tables | 134 |
| Questions | 2918963 |
| Qcache_queries_in_cache | 106 |
| Qcache_inserts | 259 |
| Qcache_hits | 235 |
| Qcache_lowmem_prunes | 0 |
| Qcache_not_cached | 8 |
| Qcache_free_memory | 33050536 |
| Qcache_free_blocks | 8 |
| Qcache_total_blocks | 236 |
| Rpl_status | NULL |
| Select_full_join | 0 |
| Select_full_range_join | 0 |
| Select_range | 19 |
| Select_range_check | 0 |
| Select_scan | 89 |
| Slave_open_temp_tables | 0 |
| Slave_running | OFF |
| Slow_launch_threads | 0 |
| Slow_queries | 0 |
| Sort_merge_passes | 0 |
| Sort_range | 9 |
| Sort_rows | 1451 |
| Sort_scan | 73 |
| Table_locks_immediate | 2918656 |
| Table_locks_waited | 0 |
| Threads_cached | 1 |
| Threads_created | 2 |
| Threads_connected | 1 |
| Threads_running | 1 |
| Uptime | 1971 |
+--------------------------+------------+

vb 2.2.8

[RichM]

Two things that i'd suggest:

1. Upgrade to PHP 4.3.4
2 Upgrade to vBulletin 2.3.4

[Male_LadyBug]

http://www.hawaaworld.net/admin/phpinfo.php

[eva2000]

yup

1. mysql 4.0.18
2. upgrade to php 4.3.4
3. change my.cnf to below and restart mysql


[mysqld]
max_connections = 500
key_buffer = 96M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
join_buffer_size = 2M
read_buffer_size = 2M
sort_buffer_size = 4M
table_cache = 1024
thread_cache_size = 64
wait_timeout = 900
connect_timeout = 10
max_allowed_packet = 16M
max_connect_errors = 10
query_cache_limit = 1M
query_cache_size = 32M
query_cache_type = 1
skip-innodb

[mysqld_safe]
open_files_limit = 8192

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 64M
sort_buffer = 64M
read_buffer = 16M
write_buffer = 16M

[Male_LadyBug]

for me i find it faster but some are complaining of it being slow and very slow some even get this message


Network Error (tcp_error)


A communication error occurred: "Operation timed out"
The Web Server may be down, too busy, or experiencing other problems preventing it from responding to requests. You may wish to try again at a later time.

For assistance, Please contact IT Help Desk

???

[Male_LadyBug]

Server Load Averages2.22, 2.11, 2.60 806 users online (419 members & 387 guests).

[eva2000]

not sure what that error is haven't seen it before, maybe a network card/adaptor issue ?

the load av for dual cpu server of 2ish are fine

[Male_LadyBug]

this is a Quad Xeon :s

[eva2000]

Quad Xeon so you should see 8 cpus in top stats cpu0 to cpu7.