> Anyone here keeping MySQL on a separate server than their Apache/Linux/PHP box?
>
> Any advice?
>
> I assume I should re-use persistent connections and things like that to reduce
> needing to open new connections via TCP/IP.
>
> But anything else I should know? Any URL where I can read more about doing this?
We use a seperate mysql database for one of our sites and we
_DON'T_ use persistant connections. The overhead of connecting
once at the start of each script never seemed that significant
to us.
YMMV.
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Michael Bacarella <mbac@stripped>
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