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If you split the tiers (database, bbs code, web server etc) across multiple boxes, be sure you use a big pipe between them - otherwise you're just creating another bottleneck.
Sounds like it also couldn't hurt to go to a multiprocessor box if you're confident that CPU throughput is an issue. While you're at it, you could put in an array of 10K or 15K RPM Ultra160 SCSI disks and 2-4GB of RAM too. The parts are all pretty cheap these days...and gosh-darnit this BBS is a mission-critical app if I've ever seen one!!!
Oh yeah...don't forget a big line-conditioning UPS and a nice cool A/C unit! Don't want any of those power grid hiccups taking out the site this summer!
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