Forum is fine until we reach 400 to 500 members online.

[myu1]

I am currently running (vBulletin 3.8.4 Patch Level 2)

- vBulletin (Owned License)
--- vBulletin Blog
--- vBulletin Project Tools
--- Branding Free Option

I am on a dedicated server Linux server running ubuntu 8 with Fasthost (DS450).

Processor - 2 x 1.8 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory - 1GB
Hard Disk - 250GB
Bandwidth - Unlimited

I don't seem to have any problems with my forum and really happy until I get around 400 to 500 members online, it seems to slow down so much and then get a database error. I can only get online when the number of members leave.

I have spoken to my hosting company and they said that it shouldn't be the memory and can't help.

I don't know what to do and thought it would be a good idea to ask here

http://www.wearetherangersboys.com/forum

I do have mysql username & password if that helps?

Thank you.

[Alfa1]

Dont give out your msql user/password here. Open a support ticket and if support needs it, give it to them.

Please check your Max Requests settings. Do you get a 'too many connections' error?

[myu1]

Thanks for your reply, I am not getting any 'too many connections' error, was when I was on a shared server, that's why I moved to a dedicated server.

Where can I find Max Requests settings?

[punchbowl]

Have a look in the http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...-Configuration forum

you can change max connections in mysql my.cnf

like this:

max_connections = 1000

[Alfa1]

Check your php.info for max requests. I have it in admincp > Maintenance > php.info
Not sure if I have added that along the way or if its default.

[myu1]

I can view that but not edit it, is this what I'm looking for, it's a massive list.
Just noticed that Max Per Connection is set to 100, I need at least 1000
I have a dedicated server not virtual.
And I have spent about an hour looking for Server Root /etc/ (I still can't see it)

apache2handler

Apache Version Apache/2.2.9 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.6-2ubuntu4.2 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8g
Apache API Version 20051115
Server Administrator [email protected]
Hostname:Port wearetherangersboys.com:0
User/Group www-data(33)/33 Max Requests Per Child: 0 - Keep Alive: on - Max Per Connection: 100
Timeouts Connection: 300 - Keep-Alive: 15
Virtual Server Yes
Server Root /etc/apache2
Loaded Modules core mod_log_config mod_logio prefork http_core mod_so mod_actions mod_alias mod_auth_basic mod_authn_file mod_authz_default mod_authz_groupfile mod_authz_host mod_authz_user mod_autoindex mod_cgi mod_deflate mod_dir mod_env mod_include mod_mime mod_negotiation mod_php5 mod_rewrite mod_setenvif mod_ssl mod_status mod_suexec

[punchbowl]

Check your php.info for max requests. I have it in admincp > Maintenance > php.info
Not sure if I have added that along the way or if its default.

default

[Trevor Hannant]

As punchbowl suggests above, I'd post in the Server Optimisation forum to get some advice on how to tweak your settings to help vBulletin run better on your server.

[myu1]

Thank you for all your help and I'll post in Server Optimisation forum.

[Zachery]

You don't have a whole lot of procesing power going on there, that is a desktop class processor and an older one at that. You also have a dreadfully low amount of ram. Upgrades on all ends might be required.

[beishe8]

I have a dedicated server not virtual.

....

Virtual Server Yes

Seems it is Virtual.