recommendation running ipb on a dedicated server

[majdi]

do you have any recommendations, advice on running ipb on a dedicated server?
like what cpu/ram is needed to run it an ipb configuration of X members? tweaks than can be made to the db? etc..

[Collin S.]

I'm moving this from the technical chat forum to the server optimization support forum so that you will find some better help.

[3DKiwi]

Make sure you at least 2GB of memory when running IPB version 3. I had to upgrade my dedicated server's memory after upgrading as it regularly running out and crashing. I have also recently paid IPB to optimize my server. Money well spent :)

3DKiwi

[majdi]

thanks for the advice :)
how many simultaneous members do you have?
how much did the optimization cost?

[Gary.]

Make sure you at least 2GB of memory when running IPB version 3. I had to upgrade my dedicated server's memory after upgrading as it regularly running out and crashing. I have also recently paid IPB to optimize my server. Money well spent :)

3DKiwi

I host around 100 IPB boards, Many VB boards, Blogs, Shopping carts and such.... One community is as big as this, Mem consumption is 0.3MB on a busy period. ! I been doing tests after you said that, Personally the optimization you paid for has not done its job ! You simply cannot fully optimize a server in 1 day, Takes weeks for benchmark tests.

See, The problem is with many people is that, They get a server, with x amount of ram, Then allocate the website to use it ? WHY ! Look it runs at 128MB as it says in the how-to and installation check page, This is for MAXIMUM usuage not constant usuage.


Honesty here, IPB uses hardly any memory, Hense, I have not seen the biggest community I host use more than 18MB ! Mass PM over 30,000 members! If you do run out of memory like your saying then the apache / mysql / setup needs some serious work.

This is just my opinion.. Other may say different.

[majdi]

are you sure about these numbers?
they seem unreasonable

[Gary.]

I'm 100% positive about these numbers, WHM is reporting the biggest site, Taken from around 80 seconds ago using 0.5mb, See I cannot show due to client protection but, The top 5 mem usuage for IPB sites are:

0.01 , 0.03 , 0.05 , 0.02, 0.01 ,

0.05, Is a site at the moment with: 209 active members and 104 guests ( heavily modified )

[MarcusInMd]

I'm 100% positive about these numbers, WHM is reporting the biggest site, Taken from around 80 seconds ago using 0.5mb, See I cannot show due to client protection but, The top 5 mem usuage for IPB sites are:

0.01 , 0.03 , 0.05 , 0.02, 0.01 ,

0.05, Is a site at the moment with: 209 active members and 104 guests ( heavily modified )

Your 200+ users are probably idle or very little activity at the very least.

[Gary.]

Why would IPB set a limit of UPTO 128 ? - Mem usuage per script on my server is set to 128MB, Its never gone nowhere near this.

Look, There is no other way but to say the optimization is not at it's best, Configured wrong and such ( server side )
Thre are many many ways to optimize things, first of, never use xCache with IPB as that will EATthe memory ! Go with eAccelerator with OPcode.