By Paul Giese
Hello!
Im currently running my entire setup on one large dedicated server and Im planning to move everything into multiple droplets. The reason for that is that I mainly wanna give other people access to specific services.
My Services:
- 4+ Wordpress Sites (All Sites are very small) [Apache + MySQL]
- Java powered Web Crawler
- MySQL [For Discord Bot + Web Crawler]
- Discord Bot
Choice A:
- 1# 2GB Droplet [4+ Wordpress Sites] + [MySQL]
- 2# 2GB Droplet [Web Crawler] + [MySQL]
- 3# 1GB Droplet [Discord Bot]
Choice B:
- 1# 2GB Droplet [4+ Wordpress Sites]
- 2# 1GB Database Droplet
- 3# 1GB Droplet [Discord Bot]
- 4# 2GB Droplet [Web Crawler]
My Question:
Im not too sure whether I should install a mysql server on multiple droplets or If I should have one seperate database droplet.
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I wouldn’t use a single droplet for your database. I’d recommend having 2 identical droplets with MySQL replication using master/master setup.
This will give you a resilience in the event of a server failure, and will allow you to take a DB server offline for upgrades (i.e. patching) without causing an outage.
Im thinking about maybe installing a mysql server instance on the website droplet since those websites are pretty much completely seperate from the rest.
NO WAY, I never recommend to have different CMS 2 sites on same server & database. Everything nowadays, comes down to the safety and security of web-systems.
You’d better keep every different CMS separated. because if one site hacked, everything (other sites) becomes accessible too.
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