Other people have answered with pros and cons of virtualisation, but I would rather ask another question: why do you feel it necessary to split up the database?
If it's only used for QC, it's probably not in intensive use. Why would you go through the bother of splitting it up? You're staying on the same server, apparently, so you'll have to decide which instance gets what part of cpu, memory and other resources, you'll have to provide separate backup for all instances, et cetera; while leaving things as they are is zero effort. What is the problem with the current setup that will be resolved by splitting? -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
