I've had the best luck with an opcode cache, like eAccelerator.
 
Nancy
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From: "Hummel, Tracey S - (thummel)"

I have a d7 site that has only authenticated traffic and but a ton of it.  It needs the a performance boost.    

Does Boost only work well for anonymous users?  Would Memcache and Varnish be a good solution for an authenticated traffic only site?