diff --git a/rhodecode/model/db.py b/rhodecode/model/db.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/db.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/db.py
@@ -693,18 +693,27 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
     def scm_instance(self):
         return self.__get_instance()
 
-    @property
-    def scm_instance_cached(self):
+    def scm_instance_cached(self, cache_map=None):
         @cache_region('long_term')
         def _c(repo_name):
             return self.__get_instance()
         rn = self.repo_name
         log.debug('Getting cached instance of repo')
-        inv = self.invalidate
-        if inv is not None:
+
+        if cache_map:
+            # get using prefilled cache_map
+            invalidate_repo = cache_map[self.repo_name]
+            if invalidate_repo:
+                invalidate_repo = (None if invalidate_repo.cache_active 
+                                   else invalidate_repo)
+        else:
+            # get from invalidate
+            invalidate_repo = self.invalidate
+
+        if invalidate_repo is not None:
             region_invalidate(_c, None, rn)
             # update our cache
-            CacheInvalidation.set_valid(inv.cache_key)
+            CacheInvalidation.set_valid(invalidate_repo.cache_key)
         return _c(rn)
 
     def __get_instance(self):
@@ -1072,6 +1081,7 @@ class CacheInvalidation(Base, BaseModel)
     __tablename__ = 'cache_invalidation'
     __table_args__ = (
         UniqueConstraint('cache_key'),
+        Index('key_idx', 'cache_key'),
         {'extend_existing': True, 'mysql_engine':'InnoDB',
          'mysql_charset': 'utf8'},
     )
@@ -1088,6 +1098,7 @@ class CacheInvalidation(Base, BaseModel)
     def __unicode__(self):
         return u"<%s('%s:%s')>" % (self.__class__.__name__,
                                   self.cache_id, self.cache_key)
+
     @classmethod
     def clear_cache(cls):
         cls.query().delete()
@@ -1117,7 +1128,7 @@ class CacheInvalidation(Base, BaseModel)
             try:
                 inv_obj = CacheInvalidation(key, org_key)
                 Session.add(inv_obj)
-                Session.commit()
+                #Session.commit()
             except Exception:
                 log.error(traceback.format_exc())
                 Session.rollback()
@@ -1174,6 +1185,40 @@ class CacheInvalidation(Base, BaseModel)
         Session.add(inv_obj)
         Session.commit()
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_cache_map(cls):
+
+        class cachemapdict(dict):
+
+            def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+                fixkey = kwargs.get('fixkey')
+                if fixkey:
+                    del kwargs['fixkey']
+                self.fixkey = fixkey 
+                super(cachemapdict, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+            def __getattr__(self, name):
+                key = name
+                if self.fixkey:
+                    key, _prefix, _org_key = cls._get_key(key)
+                if key in self.__dict__:
+                    return self.__dict__[key]
+                else:
+                    return self[key]
+
+            def __getitem__(self, key):
+                if self.fixkey:
+                    key, _prefix, _org_key = cls._get_key(key)
+                try:
+                    return super(cachemapdict, self).__getitem__(key)
+                except KeyError:
+                    return
+
+        cache_map = cachemapdict(fixkey=True)
+        for obj in cls.query().all():
+            cache_map[obj.cache_key] = cachemapdict(obj.get_dict())
+        return cache_map
+
 
 class ChangesetComment(Base, BaseModel):
     __tablename__ = 'changeset_comments'
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/scm.py b/rhodecode/model/scm.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/scm.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/scm.py
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ class CachedRepoList(object):
         return '<%s (%s)>' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.__len__())
 
     def __iter__(self):
+        # pre-propagated cache_map to save executing select statements
+        # for each repo
+        cache_map = CacheInvalidation.get_cache_map()
+
         for dbr in self.db_repo_list:
-            scmr = dbr.scm_instance_cached
+            scmr = dbr.scm_instance_cached(cache_map)
             # check permission at this level
             if not HasRepoPermissionAny(
                 'repository.read', 'repository.write', 'repository.admin'