So, we are long overdue to upgrade our forums. I was curious if anyone has any examples of larger sites being run on vbulletin connect 5? Most of the lists I've found online, I go to the site, only to find it is running a different software now.
One of our sites has 3 million posts with a couple thousand users online at a given time, and another about 1.5 million with 60,000+ users online at a given time. A third site is newer and doesn't have near the volume, but will be the first site upgraded (going in order of complexity).
I was trying to find some examples to see whether or not the performance was worth it.
I've only read terrible reviews about vb5, but nothing recent (from 2016 onward), so I'm not entirely sure how things have progressed over the last year or so. vbulletin.com seems to be running ok, and there appear to be some nice features, but I am becoming increasingly hesitant about how much of a pain it may/may not be to upgrade our forums to vb5, and/or how they will perform. Given that the upgrade process will involve updating php and mysql on our servers, and will be pretty extensive either way, I'm wondering if we might be better suited moving to something with a more robust community these days. VB5 seems to have a limited audience and very limited support over at vbulletin.org as well. Given what appears to be a significantly smaller user base at present, I am also concerned about the long term survival of vb.
I realize I am posting on vbulletin's website, so may not get the most neutral of responses I am just wondering what folks thoughts are who have made the jump from 4.x to 5.x, and how larger sites are performing on 5.2.3.
Thanks.
One of our sites has 3 million posts with a couple thousand users online at a given time, and another about 1.5 million with 60,000+ users online at a given time. A third site is newer and doesn't have near the volume, but will be the first site upgraded (going in order of complexity).
I was trying to find some examples to see whether or not the performance was worth it.
I've only read terrible reviews about vb5, but nothing recent (from 2016 onward), so I'm not entirely sure how things have progressed over the last year or so. vbulletin.com seems to be running ok, and there appear to be some nice features, but I am becoming increasingly hesitant about how much of a pain it may/may not be to upgrade our forums to vb5, and/or how they will perform. Given that the upgrade process will involve updating php and mysql on our servers, and will be pretty extensive either way, I'm wondering if we might be better suited moving to something with a more robust community these days. VB5 seems to have a limited audience and very limited support over at vbulletin.org as well. Given what appears to be a significantly smaller user base at present, I am also concerned about the long term survival of vb.
I realize I am posting on vbulletin's website, so may not get the most neutral of responses I am just wondering what folks thoughts are who have made the jump from 4.x to 5.x, and how larger sites are performing on 5.2.3.
Thanks.
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