I am currently using too much ressources on my site (not hosted at trap17), and it will be suspended tuesday if I don't do anything with it. I have done almost everything I can, and even if the ressources I use are lower than they were, I still use way too much.

So, I would like some help. I will list all my scripts telling what they do and how they work, and will let people telling me which of them that may use much ressources.
NOTE: This is a fansite for an MMORPG game.

phpBB
The main forums are phpBB-driven, but are heavily modified. The main page sends 14 queries, when viewing a specific forum, there are 16 queries, when viewing topics, there can be betwen 15 and 26 queries at once. I have tried disabling it in 10 minutes, but it didn't affect the server load or memory usage. They are located here.

Invision Power Board
The site is a gaming site, and we have a clan on their own forums. I have absolutely no clue on how many queries that are sent, but basically, there are only a few modification installed, and I think that there are sent 2 queries more than an un-modified board on the home page. I have also tried disabling it in 10 minutes, but as the phpBB board, it didn't affect the server load or memory usage. Located here.

Topsites system
We used Aardvark Topsites, and out of 10 sites with this scripts I know about, 1 removed the topsites because of excessive server load, and another had to change host. When I received the mail from LP telling me that I used too much ressources, I immediately started on setting up a new topsites system. The files for Aardvark Topsites are now completely deleted, and the new system, evoTopsites. I have tried completely disabling the evoTopsites too, to check if it used some ressources. But the ressources were not affected. The new topsites are here.
NOTE: Before I deleted the old topsites system, the server load could go up to 20 (4 cpu's). It is rarely going above 5 now (still 4 cpu's).

My main page
I doubt my main page can cause the problem. It is only file-driven, with no MySQL at all. There are only a few variables defined, around 5 if-elses, and the rest is include(). There is no way to "disable" it, so I haven't done it. But I doubt this part uses much ressources.

"Dynamic signatures"
This is a feature on the main page. The script uses a parser to load the stats for a character in the game my site is about. The stats are then displayed on an image using GD. They are cached in 24 hours, and are then loading again if the image is requested. There is no way to disable it, so I haven't done it.

Simple CMS system for the clan site
The clan site is using a simple, hand-coded CMS system. It simply loads a requested entry from the database, and displays it. The administration panel can add new pages and edit existing ones. However, the site is not even published yet, and it is only visited by the moderators and administrators of the site, and from time to time, some members.

Also, the number of visitors has increased the last weeks, since we got indexed in google around 2 weeks ago.

If there is ANYTHING you can say that may help me, please do it.

 

 

 

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i would say that you whould just plain delete the invision powerboard. PhpBB, in my opinion is WAY better, and theres no reason to have two, is there? That should help a bit.

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Yes, because there are different forums with different needs. And we would probably lose most of the clan members by doing that.

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But is there any way you could consolidate them into ONE forum? because losing your hosting would make you loose even more members...

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yeah I agree I would just stick with one forum I would get rid of the topsite unless its a mod to one of the forums, if its not a mod i suggest getting a topsite mod it will clean it up just a bit also another suggestion would be ot archive your older posts on your forums as well.

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The topsite is currently where we get most of the visitors from, and that's why we have it. The clan forums have almost 14000 posts, while the main forums only have 5000. Also, the to join the clan, they have to post an application, which will let them be a user of the forums, or not. The phpBB forum is official forums for my site, while the IPB forum is a separate part of the site. There are different skins on the forums, the clan site has some modules that are completely useless on the main forum, etc. Since the forums are so different, it is impossible to merge them.

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If everything is necessary, theres not much you can do other than get a host that gives you more resources.

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Firstly, forums should not use that much ressources, and they are relatively small, so I doubt that's the problem. I still do not know more, since I still don't know which part of the site that may cause the problem.

If I am disabling both forum at once, and let them disabled in 15 minutes, the server ressources used are still the same.

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What sort of resources?, are there cron jobs involved, and is this a shared server, or dedicated?

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Can you share your resources with your account here at the trap? Maybe move the phpbb and your Main site here and link them with menu Buttons? That may reduce the load at the other site. Also. gzip enable the phpbb and Invision Boards. I noticed a reduction in Bandwidth after I did that to my Forums.

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