hmm... thats a good, and tricky, point. and one with unfortunate consequences, i gather (see:
this post).
i
do have my persistant connections turned off. and i trimmed a few other aspects a few weeks ago, in an effort to de-lag my boards a bit. and, mebbe with 6.5 around the corner, things'll become even more efficient.
but i'm still wary of everything, and that can't be good. i don't have the guts to optimize the tables or even to a random check for repairs in my server. just a really bad feeling about the assumed results and my inability to address it. downtime aint good for bidniz!