I have a heavily modded server that only wipes when forced. When the server saves, it lags everyone for a couple seconds. I set the server save interval to 30 minutes. I realize there isnt much I can do natively within Rust without removing plugins, but is there a way to spread out or ease the burden of server saves via use of a SQL Database or something?
Change how plugins save during server save
I've gone into lengthier explanations elsewhere, but the short answer is any plugins causing lag on server save can and should individually be optimized. Best thing you can do is to raise the issue to their maintainers so they can be fixed for everyone. If the maintainer doesn't have time, get other developers to contribute the changes. If the maintainer does not allow patches, then keep pressuring them.
https://umod.org/community/rust/27903-change-server-save-interval?page=1#post-15
There are people who would have you install a tool that modifies your plugins' code to move the save calls into a timer that runs independent of server saves, but that is simply incorrect for some plugins whose state should stay in sync with saves to make sure rollbacks work correctly (not important for all plugins).
WhiteThunder
I've gone into lengthier explanations elsewhere, but the short answer is any plugins causing lag on server save can and should individually be optimized. Best thing you can do is to raise the issue to their maintainers so they can be fixed for everyone. If the maintainer doesn't have time, get other developers to contribute the changes. If the maintainer does not allow patches, then keep pressuring them.
https://umod.org/community/rust/27903-change-server-save-interval?page=1#post-15
There are people who would have you install a tool that modifies your plugins' code to move the save calls into a timer that runs independent of server saves, but that is simply incorrect for some plugins whose state should stay in sync with saves to make sure rollbacks work correctly (not important for all plugins).
Thank you, WhiteThunder! That information is helpful. I have an idea of a few plugins that may be causing issues, so I will look into getting their maintainers to work on the server save portions as you suggested