Here's my situation. I run a large board at http://www.romanceforums.com and during peak periods, I can have up to 250 users simultaeneously.
However, upgrading from 1.16 proved a disaster. Pages kept timing out, errors such as
Database error in vBulletin: Link-ID == false, connect failed
mysql error:
mysql error number:
Date: Tuesday 27th of March 2001 05:19:46 PM
were frequent. So, I upgraded mysql to the latest version, thinking that my woes would be solved. Alas, the load averages, which under the previous 1.1x keep around 1, ballooned to 20. I quickly downgraded and used the old forums back again, running on a backed up database.
After that, I doubled my ram to 512 MB, and upgraded. However, I could not run search, online users, dot folders and a host of other things.
I'm seriously thinking of switching back to the old vbulletin, upgrading it via hacks, and keeping it at that.
Hardware:
Webhost: Rackspace
Operating System : RedHat Linux 6.2
Processor : 650 Mhz
Memory : 256MB RAM
Hard Drive 1 : 20GB EIDE
IP Address(es) : 1 IP
Bandwidth : 75GB/Month
Here is my extended status file: http://www.adolescentadulthood.com/status.php
Here are my recent stats
Here's my my.cnf file
set-variable = max_connections=150
set-variable = join_buffer=3M
set-variable = key_buffer=16M
set-variable = record_buffer=4M
set-variable = sort_buffer=5M
set-variable = table_cache=256
Bottomline: I think in my situation, it would be better to remain with the old vbulletin, add the pm hack and poll hack, and leave it at that. A forum without search is useless, so is a forum which generates too many errors due to server overload
I dont want to downgrade, but I see no way out......
Suggestions anyone?
However, upgrading from 1.16 proved a disaster. Pages kept timing out, errors such as
Database error in vBulletin: Link-ID == false, connect failed
mysql error:
mysql error number:
Date: Tuesday 27th of March 2001 05:19:46 PM
were frequent. So, I upgraded mysql to the latest version, thinking that my woes would be solved. Alas, the load averages, which under the previous 1.1x keep around 1, ballooned to 20. I quickly downgraded and used the old forums back again, running on a backed up database.
After that, I doubled my ram to 512 MB, and upgraded. However, I could not run search, online users, dot folders and a host of other things.
I'm seriously thinking of switching back to the old vbulletin, upgrading it via hacks, and keeping it at that.
Hardware:
Webhost: Rackspace
Operating System : RedHat Linux 6.2
Processor : 650 Mhz
Memory : 256MB RAM
Hard Drive 1 : 20GB EIDE
IP Address(es) : 1 IP
Bandwidth : 75GB/Month
Here is my extended status file: http://www.adolescentadulthood.com/status.php
Here are my recent stats
Here's my my.cnf file
set-variable = max_connections=150
set-variable = join_buffer=3M
set-variable = key_buffer=16M
set-variable = record_buffer=4M
set-variable = sort_buffer=5M
set-variable = table_cache=256
Bottomline: I think in my situation, it would be better to remain with the old vbulletin, add the pm hack and poll hack, and leave it at that. A forum without search is useless, so is a forum which generates too many errors due to server overload
I dont want to downgrade, but I see no way out......
Suggestions anyone?
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