High End VPS vs Low End Dedi vs "the cloud", etc
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shawn
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Somewhat related: I figured I was overdue for some maintenance, so I took the opportunity last night to install php 5.3 along with the IUS builds of APC and FPM, then swapped Apache for PHP-FPM. Right now, the forum feels a little snappier... page loads feel quicker, etc. Ram use is actually up a bit vs apache, but PHP-FPM is running out-of-the-box settings. I didn't have time to mess around with it beyond that.
Ghan_04
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For some reason I thought you had already done the migration. 
vBulletin has some notoriously bad back-end coding that could be amplifying some problems that you are seeing. It still seems odd that you are having I/O issues with a relatively small load like that. The biggest vB board I've been involved with usually has 1000 - 1500 users online at once and I/O is just starting to become a minor issue on the dedicated server where it runs with RAID 1. A good quality RAID 10 VPS host should be able to match that performance or at least come really close so it should not be a problem for your board.
vBulletin has some notoriously bad back-end coding that could be amplifying some problems that you are seeing. It still seems odd that you are having I/O issues with a relatively small load like that. The biggest vB board I've been involved with usually has 1000 - 1500 users online at once and I/O is just starting to become a minor issue on the dedicated server where it runs with RAID 1. A good quality RAID 10 VPS host should be able to match that performance or at least come really close so it should not be a problem for your board.
shawn
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Yeah, the plan is to officially migrate this weekend. I've done a couple of test imports, and it seems to have gone pretty well.
But I figured hashing out the pros and cons of various server setups would be helpful to other people in a similar situation. I mean, right out of the gate, we've got a ~$100/mo differential between hosting recommendations.
But I figured hashing out the pros and cons of various server setups would be helpful to other people in a similar situation. I mean, right out of the gate, we've got a ~$100/mo differential between hosting recommendations.
Adam Howard
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Now once you switch to Debian (maybe in the future).... You'll be very surprised on how much more "snappier" things can get.
Now once you switch to Debian (maybe in the future).... You'll be very surprised on how much more "snappier" things can get.
The difference between deb and rhel running a lamp stack is insignificant...
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