vBulletin requirements?

[oliver]

What are basic requirements of a web hosting account/server to run vBulletin forums?

[~Krishna]

What are basic requirements of a web hosting account/server to run vBulletin forums?

Minimum Requirements
vBulletin is a web-based application and as such has a few minimum requirements. To run vBulletin, you need a web hosting provider that includes the following things:

* PHP version 5.2.0 or greater
* MySQL version 4.1.0 or greater
* A pre-registered domain name
* 200 Megabytes of hard drive space

The vBulletin software will run on any operating system using any modern web server software.

Thanks

[anupm]

The first important thing to consider is the server resources that is going to be consumed by the vBulletin forum. Once you know your basic hosting requirements, you can choose a web hosting plan accordingly. Since, it is completely based on PHP and MySQL, preferably you should a Linux based web hosting plan.