I was tired of anecdotal performance comparisons for various forum software, so I decided to put together a site to coordinate some benchmarks, located at http://bb-bench.com. The most recent benchmark is at http://bb-bench.com/benchmark/6, and includes vBulletin 3.8 and 4.0, as well as several other leading bulleting board softwares.
I'd appreciate any comments on my findings. I started with a phpBB3 forum and converted to all other forum software, to duplicate the content. Each piece of software was installed under the default settings, and optimized using obvious configuration options (aka, I haven't researched the optimal settings for every installation), and have also taken suggestions from vendors for tweaks. They were run on the same database backend, and each had their sessions tables cleared before each run.
Looking at the results, you will also see data for phpBB with HipHop for php. I also have done some work in making phpBB3 compatible with HipHop for PHP, but it is specially labeled because the comparison is not fair; HipHop uses its own server and is compiled. However, it does show that phpBB3 can be used with HipHop, and the advantage HipHop offers.
Just for full disclosure: I am on the Moderator Team on phpBB.com
I'm glad vBulletin allows such discussion, as mentioned in your rules ("While we are quite happy to have constructive comparative conversations about competitor's products, we will not tolerate blatant adverts or the sort of 'ooh look, yet another bulletin board' threads. Also, we would appreciate it if you refrain from blatant bashing of other boards."), and I hope you can suggest tweaks and optimizations to improve these benchmarks.
Thank you
ckwalsh
I'd appreciate any comments on my findings. I started with a phpBB3 forum and converted to all other forum software, to duplicate the content. Each piece of software was installed under the default settings, and optimized using obvious configuration options (aka, I haven't researched the optimal settings for every installation), and have also taken suggestions from vendors for tweaks. They were run on the same database backend, and each had their sessions tables cleared before each run.
Looking at the results, you will also see data for phpBB with HipHop for php. I also have done some work in making phpBB3 compatible with HipHop for PHP, but it is specially labeled because the comparison is not fair; HipHop uses its own server and is compiled. However, it does show that phpBB3 can be used with HipHop, and the advantage HipHop offers.
Just for full disclosure: I am on the Moderator Team on phpBB.com
I'm glad vBulletin allows such discussion, as mentioned in your rules ("While we are quite happy to have constructive comparative conversations about competitor's products, we will not tolerate blatant adverts or the sort of 'ooh look, yet another bulletin board' threads. Also, we would appreciate it if you refrain from blatant bashing of other boards."), and I hope you can suggest tweaks and optimizations to improve these benchmarks.
Thank you
ckwalsh
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