Hey there everyone. Recently I've been having some problems with my forums using up a lot of ram and server resources - I'm going to compensate for them by giving the software all the resources it needs, but I'd like to see if there is anything I can do to minimize those numbers. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Note: I'm using vBulletin.
vBulletin is very resource intensive. Some shared hosts refuse to host it, that gives you an idea of the resources it uses. I would try installing a cache to reduce ram usage. I hear memcache is a popular one. Post your server specs at http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=14 and they try to help you configure the server to suit vbulletin. Good luck!