[BrandiDup]

Originally Posted by bobster65

I can't speak for others, but what I have for one of my setups is a 2 server setup (a Web Server and a Database Server). Having the DB on its own server makes a HUGE difference.

I'd talk to Snakes, he seems to have his "stuff" together when it comes to server optimization and setup.

I think he's actually the one who has been helping me! I can't remember his exact username on here but it's snakes something and he's been an AMAZING wealth of information who has gone out of his way to do everything possible for my server. He pretty much agrees with liquidweb as far as me needing to make an upgrade sometime soon though.

This is definitely one of the most difficult things, financially, but it's one of those necessary evils, I guess. Without a server that functions properly, I obviously lose a significant amount of traffic, which I've already noticed.

I run two sites, the military one is definitely the biggest and busiest of the two, but my other one is steadily growing and seeing more activity by the day. They are both 100% database driven though, I have vba for both and vbulletin running for both. So, I'm unsure of how I could split the load up to make it most even. I don't have much on either site that isn't database driven, so I'm wondering if I would actually need to split the databases up somehow.

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