The Best Cache Engine for Dolphin 7.1

Anyone? 

My experience for xcache is awful in this version.  for example when i upload a video is not refreshing the data in the website and the problem was the cache in the template area.  

My question is what is the best configuration or cache engine for Dolphin 7.1?

I would like to see some discussion on this as well.  I was thinking of installing xcache myself.  I know some are using eAccelerator.  Some of the things we need to know are ease of installation, stats reports, ease of clearing the cache, etc.

I have spoken to 10 of the tech guys in the hosting industry and all of them recommended eAccelerator. Memcache is also a good option.

This is the quote from one of the guy:

"eAccelerator is a good caching engine. It increases the performance of PHP scripts by caching them in their compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. It also optimizes scripts to speed up their execution. eAccelerator typically reduces server load and increases the speed of your PHP code by 1-10 times."

I had APC with my Wordpress site and it was an awful experience.

Off topic, I have eAccelerator installed on my server but the cache support still says "No".

I don't get it.

I've only had any kind of luck with memcache and the results were pretty good, however that was on 7.0.9... I'm still testing with 7.1... as I seem to have a few oddities showing up with content and some blocks... not sure if it's really memcache causing the problem or the combination with CDN integration.

I think he was quoting eAccelerator LOL. I am sure I read that on their site.

 Now I don't want to live in this planet anymore...

Go read for yourself, that was not an opinion, it was a quote.

http://eaccelerator.net/

You most likely have version 0.9.6.1 or higher. eAccelerator has changed.

Previous eAccelerator versions also provided functions for use in PHP scripts that allow access to shared memory, automatic web (content) caching, and other related tasks. These were removed as of version 0.9.6rc1.

See this. http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/TutorialUnderstandingCacheEngines

And this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAccelerator

The point is that most are not going to install a php cache engine, do real world tests, remove it, install another one, do real world tests, etc.

I guess what I would like to know is if a particular cache engine caused problems when installed on a Dolphin server.  That might help us to not make the same mistake.

When i used to have a dedicated server i ran eAccelerator. It worked well and had no problems with it.

 LOL yeah thank you for poiting that out. That guy really had me there.

@Deano: Thank you for your reply. So does that mean only old version of eAccelerator will work?

Oh it still works for what it is designed for. It's just dolphin cannot use it as a cache engine for caching it's pages and it will always be shown as no on cache support. Thats why boonex recommends something else be installed for caching as well.

It does however still speed up your site as it works as a accelerator and optimizer. So it still does provide a very good performance boost.

I use APC cache, i would say it works great for me so far so good ohh and it is super fast i am wearing a helmet & seat belt 

I am using APC too, it works fine so far.

I am using APC but selected file based caching in Dolphin Admin ... the Linux I/O caching is really fast with some tuned system settings ...

 Thanks for aclaration. 

None know what is the best cache engine for Dolphin?

 Can you share those settings? 

About the linux I/O

From what I read, APC has been picked up by the developers of PHP and will be released along with PHP in the future; I don't think it will be integrated but others may know more about this than me.  I have yet to install any php cache on the server; so this topic is of importance to me as well.

 this two guides are really good ... a lot for important information about linux tuning ...

http://people.redhat.com/alikins/system_tuning.html

http://www.performancewiki.com/linux-tuning.html

I am using APC

This will to speed up the site.

Add this to your .htaccess file

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On

# Default directive
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"

# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year”

# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"

# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month”

# Javascript
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"

</IfModule>

See attachment for before and after

eAccelerator is good for me

We also use eAccelerator on all shared and dedicated.  It's easy to setup and works fine.

I didn't know that. Is eAccelerator enabled on mine as well?

 but eaccelerator is not active anymore  i mean is not developing. i see the last time was touch was Jul 2012. 

is still active?

Some of our first dedicated servers don't include it.  Because it's now standard, I don't see why we can't install it on yours.  Just make a support ticket and I'll have it taken care of.

eAccelerator development looks to be inactive, with the last source change about 7 months ago.  It's still compatible with PHP, so we'll continue to include it on shared and dedicated for now.

After long searches and experiences, the best option today is nginx+php-fpm5.4+APC

• eAccelerator does not work with php5.4

sincerly