As long as you've got a fat pipe on both ends speed could be ok. But, 
then again, you never know. Some backhoe in Nebraska could cut your sweb 
server off from your database.

Of course you'll want it to be secure as well. MySQL 4 has support for 
SSL. I suppose you could setup an ssh port redirection vpn-like system 
to use with MySQL 3.23 or such.

But, it all depends on your needs, your site's traffic, etc. Experiment. :)


- Gabriel

Klym wrote:

>Is it possible to have your web server and your MySQL server running at
>different geographic locations?  I'm wondering if I can run my own MySQL
>server here at home on Linux and have my web site use PHP to connect to it
>and extract data.  Is that a bad idea for security and speed?
>
>thanks
>
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