So, the SQL DB that my forums live on is 6.5GB right now. That's something like 2.7GB+ of forums_posts, 1.8GB+ in core_search_index and some smaller totals in other tables.
I need some ideas on how to reduce the size of this DB, if possible, to under 3GB. Is deletion my only real option? I've tried archiving to an external DB, which has so far moved 1.2GB (this process is painfully slow), but the size of my forum DB hasn't gone down with the archive, it's stayed the same.
Any ideas/help?