I've taken over an online community with 77k Threads, 1.7 Mio. Posts, 33k users, 2k active users and 250GB of uploaded images.
It is running on vBulletin 4.2.0, MySQL 5.5.6 and so on... so its a clusterf**k of old stuff. We are now planning to upgrade the System to vBulletin 5 and new versions of Mysql, Php etc.
My Questions now:
- Our SEO Position on forums topics is excellent. How does 5.0 affect the indexed URLs?
- how does 5.0 affect the server performance in comparison to 4.2? I've read that it is very bloated so we might need more performance. Do you have any indications(HW requirements for a forum this size?
- is it possible to extend the trial license to 1-2 months, because of the complete new build up of the server we would like to test the system extensively before deciding if an upgrade to vBulletin 5 makes sense or not. Otherwise we would look to migrate to another vendor.
Thanks for your help!
It is running on vBulletin 4.2.0, MySQL 5.5.6 and so on... so its a clusterf**k of old stuff. We are now planning to upgrade the System to vBulletin 5 and new versions of Mysql, Php etc.
My Questions now:
- Our SEO Position on forums topics is excellent. How does 5.0 affect the indexed URLs?
- how does 5.0 affect the server performance in comparison to 4.2? I've read that it is very bloated so we might need more performance. Do you have any indications(HW requirements for a forum this size?
- is it possible to extend the trial license to 1-2 months, because of the complete new build up of the server we would like to test the system extensively before deciding if an upgrade to vBulletin 5 makes sense or not. Otherwise we would look to migrate to another vendor.
Thanks for your help!
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