Items page times out consistently

[jcesario]

1.6.8

Our Items page has grown to the point where it simply times out everytime I try to goto Configuration -> Items.

[jcesario]

I dont even have any hosts added to this instance. Just items and templates.

mysql> SELECT COUNT(itemid) from zabbix.items;
+---------------+
| COUNT(itemid) |
+---------------+
| 37962 |
+---------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)