I've seen about 2 or 3 UBB boards that had 300+ online users at one time, let alone 30,000 - 50, 000 registered members total. Their line seems to be stable. While their boards may eventually require database with the increasing traffic, I'm not sure if it's an issue with UBB or the server itself.
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