Im wondering if anyone has ever ran into this --

The server I ran started experiencing mad lag.  Like when building, you'd click to place a block, and it would appear a second later.  Really delayed.   And when I would remote desktop into the Rust Server to type into the Rust Server Console -- Key Presses and tying into the Rust Console would similarly be delayed.

So I removed all the Rust Plugins, restarted the server, and the problem persists.   However If I remove the oxide folder, reinstall oxide, and re-drop all my plugins into the folder -- the building and console-typing latency goes away.
 
Any ideas!?

Hard to really say what is going on there, but Oxide essentially does nothing when you have no plugins installed.