The server was swapping memory before - even using a little swap will cause noticeable slowness, and if swap usage is high, that will often cause the available memory to spiral down to zero leading to an out of memory condition.

The banner ads on the boards are inserted via a script called over port 80 (web) - a quick hack that was easy to setup originally when performance didn't matter much, but now with higher loads it's causing noticeable latency - once the banner call part is changed, the boards will be even faster.

Ron

Quote Originally Posted by Beeblebrox.420
I can tell. The boards are smokin' fast, now!