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@Mike thankyou very much, this is exactly the expert answer I was looking for. 
I get what you say about uncertainties, so it's not possible to predict precise behaviour and it sounds like the consequences of a potential malfunction aren't particularly pleasant.
In the end, this idea was a just for fun thread to see something insane with a million posts in it, but it doesn't sound worth it to me, given the potential consequences and the fact that this isn't a temporary forum that I've set up, but the online home of my local computer club, so we can't go messing with it. I think I'll aim for a much lower limit, or not do it at all. Gotta think about it.
I might see about creating such a thread on its own server and domain with one of the free forum software packages out there where it won't matter if it gets trashed so much. If I even get round to it.
Another option would be to make a test copy of the site locally and use a script to generate the thread and then see how that copes with it. Again, I probably won't get round to it, not least, because I have no idea how to write such a script so would have to learn it from scratch.
@Xon thanks for the info. Again, it looks like such a massive thread has capacity consequences.
I get what you say about uncertainties, so it's not possible to predict precise behaviour and it sounds like the consequences of a potential malfunction aren't particularly pleasant.In the end, this idea was a just for fun thread to see something insane with a million posts in it, but it doesn't sound worth it to me, given the potential consequences and the fact that this isn't a temporary forum that I've set up, but the online home of my local computer club, so we can't go messing with it. I think I'll aim for a much lower limit, or not do it at all. Gotta think about it.
I might see about creating such a thread on its own server and domain with one of the free forum software packages out there where it won't matter if it gets trashed so much. If I even get round to it.
Another option would be to make a test copy of the site locally and use a script to generate the thread and then see how that copes with it. Again, I probably won't get round to it, not least, because I have no idea how to write such a script so would have to learn it from scratch.
@Xon thanks for the info. Again, it looks like such a massive thread has capacity consequences.
