I'll need to do some research, I guess. I do know part of the issue is centered around a forum setting prioritizing faster loading threads to keep the database stable until our next update is finished. BF has grown exponentially and VB isn't really designed or coded for a forum this size. We're supposed to migrate to a faster and larger server group in the near future, and add in some additional software features to stabilize the DB, lke better memcache, etc, but i don't know exactly what that progress is as of yet.