As some of you know, we host what may be the largest publicly accessible UBBt forums on the web. We're working towards migrating to UBB7.1 when it is released.
Are there any things new in UBB7.1 (over 6.5.5) which are likely to drain our resources? I know about unread post counts (which was also an issue in 6.5.5 and earlier) but there are so many new features that I don't want to fall in love with some and then find that we can't use them with several thousand users routinely online at the same time. (Obvious example: the shout box would never work in that kind of environment...even if there is no performance hit.)
All things being equal, should I expect better, worse, or about the same performance given the new database structure?
Thanks for any advice.
Chuck Weinstock
The Two Plus Two Forums