forum speed

I'm now running a fully dedicated server with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Plesk Obsidian 18 with the below stats/settings: 8 core Intel Xeon CPU E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz 32GB DDR3 RAM 2x2TB Raid SATA III PHP 8.0.28, Dedicated FPM app served by nginx 1GB bandwidth PHP FPM Settings: Max Children: 75 Max...

I mentioned in my last thread that I'm interested in starting a Xenforo community. Speed is an important factor in 2021. Is there any caching add-on and tutorial available for 2021? I see [bd] Cache is there but it's unmaintained. Any other solution?

What are some things you have done to improve your forum's load time/speed? Running a new build through Google PageSpeed Insights, GT Metrix and Pingdom and showing horrible results. New build. Only a few hundred users. Sitting on a dedicated server. Would love to hear what some people have...