With absolutely impeccable timing, I've had a couple of hardware failures. It is theoretically possible that this was the cause of the performance issues - although there were no error messages logged anywhere.
I'm waiting for replacement parts, so it'll be a week or so before I can continue pulling on this thread. Thanks for the responses, all! -- Mark Raynsford | http://www.io7m.com
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