Ross, Let me be more specific just to be sure we are speaking about the same thing. I am specifically talking about the amount of MySQL database files that get created in the database_name/ directory. every time a blog is created it was creating a template, frm and 2 other files so when i had 5,000 blogs going the directory had 22,000 files in the database directory which overloaded the operating system’s ability to file handle the database leading to the server seizing. If WP does not create files per blog or per other event anymore then you are correct, we should be fine. otherwise, the database directory for MySQL files wil build up and again cause the OS issues. If you are confident it is ok and that what I experienced in the past is not happening anymore, I will rent a server and load wp and just create some blogs and see what files it creates to confirm it is or is not doing it, but I have not seen any database architecture changes to indicate this has been changed. FYI I would be hosting more than 23,000 blogs to start going to more than 1M within 12 months. Thanks for your response.