Title: Scalability
Last modified: October 26, 2016

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# Scalability

 *  Resolved [Johnypony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnykoch/)
 * (@johnykoch)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scalability-2/)
 * Hi, I am running a dating forum with 30K members, I have taken a dedicated server
   to serve the purpose, I have optimized the site as much as possible, the mysql
   database size is now 600MB. My issue is, the site is working slow now, earlier
   with handful of members it was very fast, you can check yourself, it is accessible
   at [https://isociali.com](https://isociali.com) the home page opens little faster
   as comparable to other pages as other pages are full of spams and someone post
   in every minute. I am not sure will askimet can solve this issue.

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 *  Plugin Author [Christopher Finke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cfinke/)
 * (@cfinke)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scalability-2/#post-8359538)
 * Hi johnykoch,
 * If you install Akismet and check the box labeled “Silently discard the worst 
   and most pervasive spam so I never see it”, that will help with performance. 
   What this will do is prevent about 85% of spam comments (in general — it may 
   vary on your site) from being written to the database, which should improve overall
   performance.
 * I can’t guarantee that it will speed things up as fast as you want them, but 
   it can’t hurt.

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 * Last reply from: [Christopher Finke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cfinke/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scalability-2/#post-8359538)
 * Status: resolved