While I'm on this post, I thought I'd let you in on something Prudno and I have experienced since Day 1 of our contribution to this server. Whenever the server save message pops up in chat, and then successfully saves the content in the elapsed time from the last save, we've noticed little to no lag as the save undergoes and finishes, which is awesome, but not our point. As in addition to these messages, the server will pop up the other informational messages (e.g. the one with website info, the one with the TS address and other info, etc.) to every player online. However, for both of our clients, and perhaps others too, we experience a significant lag spike after the message is displayed for about 5-15 seconds; not good! Prudno came to a conclusion that the save cycle was above the informational message cycle as the server is running, or something close to this (remembering from memory from about a couple days ago, excuse me if my details are somewhat bland), and that is where he thought the problem persisted. I'd rather have you ask Prudno about this, as he was the one who I think knows more about the situation. I just thought I'd post this here since I haven't been playing at the same time that you have since Xmas, and just to inform you about it as well.
Hope all is well, and I also hope you're having a happy New Year!
-Carter