The only reason that I can think of is to balance the load among systems. This might be because you want to split the load between the data base server and the application, or because you want to run the application on more than one server.
Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 -----Original Message----- From: Ratheesh K J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:49 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Seperating Application server and Database server Hello all, Currently our application and MySQL server are on the same machine. When should these be seperated? What are the main reasons that we should be having a seperate DB server? Ratheesh Bhat K J -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]