>>"Bjornson, Matt" wrote:
> >
> >Toby thanks I have found a killer deal with your advice! I am planning
on
> >using this for both apache and mysql on the same server. Do you see a
> >problem with this, from a performance standpoint?
> >
> >Thanks Matt
> You shouldn't have any performance issues running Apache, mysql and
PHP
>on the same box as long as you get a decent amount of memory and do some
>smart planning ahead with your hard drives. If you anticipate your
>database getting quite large or you're writing some code that will do
>alot of queries, I would seriously consider putting the database on a
>different drive then the web
>-content.
> As a rule of thumb, several smaller drives in a box is much better
for
>I/O performance then a few big drives because you can separate out your
>applications across the drives. Having your stuff spread out across a
>larger number of spindles is the way to go. Fortunately small capacity
>SCSI-drives are very cheap now. I've seen some nice surplus 4 gig drives
>for as little as $50 a piece.
> At the job I'm at now, one of the SGI Origin 2's we have was loading
>web-content and an Informix database all off of one hard drive. It was a
>real mess, because of a massive disc I/O bottleneck, it brought a fast
>machine to it's knees.
> Oh yes, one other thing to keep in mind if you end up getting a dual
>pentium pro system. In order to use two CPU's on those boards, most of
>them require you to have a little VRM module. It's sort of a voltage
>regulating device. They're about $20.00 US. So figure that into the
>pricing of the machine. Also make sure that the motherboard will support
>the type of RAM you intend to use in it. I got one really cheap and it
>had to have buffered EDO's DIMMs. Well, all I had in my supply closet
>was SDRAM DIMM's, so I ended up having to spend more money to buy
>256megs of buffered EDO's DIMMs. That was a bit irritating :-)
> I hope this helps you out.
>Toby A. Rider
Thanks again Toby
How do I have apache access the mysql database on another server when a
request by a web client is made? How do I configure that?
Matt
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