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SMF Cache?

Started by aldo, March 18, 2008, 02:03:31 AM

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aldo

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I was wondering if SMF has a cache itself? I thought it did as it has a cache folder, if it does, how do I turn it on, or what does it need to run?

karlbenson

Admin > Server Settings > Caching

If your forum doesn't have an accelerators installed, then smf will do file based caching.

Select 'Level 1', 'Level 2', 'Level 3' etc
to increase the amount of Caching to do.

(where Level 3 is the highest).

SleePy

You won't see much improvement with caching on smaller forums. You Once your forum starts getting active and such, you will notice the improvement.
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codenaught

Keep in mind if you make changes to your files, such as language files and you notice that the changes don't seem to be going through, you can always try to clear the cache at:

Admin / Forum Maintenance / Empty the file cache.

Keep in mind it is generally not recommended to use level 2 or 3 for cache level.
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Quote from: SleePy on March 18, 2008, 12:53:45 PM
You won't see much improvement with caching on smaller forums. You Once your forum starts getting active and such, you will notice the improvement.

Active as in?

Would it have any effect on a 150k+ posts forum with over 800 members?
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metallica48423

most likely, depending on resource usage and server load
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