[admin (no pm's please)]

With a few changes in the way the server is being operated now in place, it is time to revisit some other configuration changes.

In the past these changes whilst improving performance a little, also proved unstable and had a badly adverse effect on backup speed.

I don't hold out too much hope, but it has to be tried.

[admin (no pm's please)]

What with all the spambot crap going on I have been taking this very slowly. But we do seem to be operating stably at the 20,000 level, tomorrow assuming we are still okay I will up to 25,000. In the past it was something like 35,000 where problems were clear cut.

[admin (no pm's please)]

25000 did not cause instant issues, now on 30000.

Still churning tables at 2.3 a second, so still would benefit from a higher value.

[admin (no pm's please)]

Raising to 35,000 once again created problems, even at 30,000 the backup was show pretty clear signs of slowing.

So that's that experiment for another year!