We're aware of the problems and are already in the midst of upgrading our current infrastructure to cope with the increase in traffic.

Please bear with the occasional server busy messages till we complete the upgrades.

The lag is caused by the huge database, coupled with a slight misconfiguration on our database machine.

We've already ordered a new machine to replace it, and we believe things will be back to normal in a week or two.

We're not too keen on deleting old postings outside the tradezone and kopitiam as these posts usually have some kind of value that might come in handy in the future.

dude, the first server was bought in 2005. Its the old hyperthreaded xeon, not the new dual core one. If i'm not mistaken those xeon speeds went all the way up to 3.6ghz.

a new server will be arriving next week.. should sort out the database issues.

PE860. quad core xeon, 4gb ram, 2 x 73GB SAS.

we're at the final stages of configuring the new database server. It should solve the load issues we're currently having during peak hours.