WordPress Maximum Number of Pages?

Will I Max Out WordPress?

[imbckagn]

I am wondering what the maximum number of pages or blog posts is that WP can handle using permalinks?

For example I have a website with around 500 blog posts which each create an individual page. I am trying to figure out if WP is going to max out at a certain point. I have a large content plan in the works and I want make sure I won't overload WP. By large I am talking about 150 new articles minimum per month.

Thanks

[imbckagn]

OK from what I have now read many pages will bog down a website for sure. My problem is that with only around 500 posts WP is starting to slow down. It takes at least 1min for new posts to publish. I don't want to add a ton of new content if it's only going to get slower.

[encyclo]

There's a good thread currently featured on the home page discussing WordPress permalink scalability issues:

Scaling And Efficiency Of WordPress Permalinks Above 1000 Pages [webmasterworld.com] (note: subscription required)