Cache for a Windows Server?

I run a Windows Server 2008 64 bit operating system with IIS7.

I want to install a caching system, but I am not aware on which are compatible with windows nor which one is the considered best to use. To refresh, these are the available options within vBSEO

memcached
APC Cache
XCache
eAccelerator



Any input?

Thanks

Windows Cache Extension for PHP : The Official Microsoft IIS Site is probably the best windows cache solution. We currently don't support it, but it can probably be implemented pretty easily.

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

We currently don't support it, but it can probably be implemented pretty easily.

Sorry but, then how exactly will it benefit me?

Originally Posted by neo_

Sorry but, then how exactly will it benefit me?

well, i use memcached for windows server with Apache. check this link out they have it for both 32 and 64 bit machine memcached binary downloads - NorthScale Labs and for the php extension you can check out these guys http://downloads.php.net/pierre/ i have no issue running this on my machine.

good luck

Okay I will look into it, does it make any difference that I currently use fast-cgi?

I have limited windows server experience.

BAsically, the vbseo cache only stores a few variables into it. It may help but the best performance will be simply having it installed on your server to save pre-compliled php scripts.

Wincache with PHP NTS windows binaries with fast cgi is the way to go. Performance increase is tremendous. If you want to check out my blog post about the performance increase here is the link.

Memcached does nothing to help performance unless you are using more than one memcached server.

I ended up going with wincache and already feel faster load times. Is the default installation good enough, or should I tweak it further?

Thanks all

Run it at default for a few weeks. Check your stats every once in while. The only tweak I had to do was give a touch more memory for the file cache.

Just a note. It works very well at caching frequently used functions. If you ever upgrade your vbulletin or vbseo make sure to shut the cache off and then turn it back on after the upgrade. I found this out today when I went to upgrade one of my sites.

Originally Posted by AWS

Run it at default for a few weeks. Check your stats every once in while. The only tweak I had to do was give a touch more memory for the file cache.

Just a note. It works very well at caching frequently used functions. If you ever upgrade your vbulletin or vbseo make sure to shut the cache off and then turn it back on after the upgrade. I found this out today when I went to upgrade one of my sites.

Thanks for that.

Question though, how exactly do I increase memory?

Thanks

In php.ini add this variable in the [wincache] settings.

PHP Code:

wincache.fcachesize = 48 


Default is 24M. Doubling made a difference for me.

Hi All,
here is the mod to use wincache for datastore :
vB 4 : Datastore cache to WinCache - boost your vBulletin - vBulletin.org Forum
vB 3 : Datastore cache to WinCache - boost your vBulletin - vBulletin.org Forum
I installed it 1 month ago and it works really fine, 99.8 Hits.