Quote Originally Posted by Weiss_R View Post
Why would it need to be dumped? you can add columns without reloading, i would say the problem would be with memory management as most of what happens in the game is kept in memory and then dumped periodically to the DBs.
We can't. Our system (at my job) is special. (-_-) I was probably generalizing incorrectly, but who's to say this doesn't have the same limitations as the database setup I work with?

Oh now I see what you mean by memory management. Are you concerned about the size of the LS member list? With the lag we get sometimes maybe it does actually keep what's on disk current by writing all the time. :P

I should also say that I am not a DBA proper, I just work with databases with only limited input as to their structure and configuration.