Split them so the day you run out of performance you have an easier time migrating the database off onto its own hardware. VM or containers, both can provide sensible outcomes. It'll also be easier to design a fault tolerant solution if you need to. -- Alister On 21/05/2019, 08:49, "Freeradius-Users on behalf of Matthew Newton" <freeradius-users-bounces+alister.winfield=sky.uk@lists.freeradius.org on behalf of mcn@freeradius.org> wrote: On 21 May 2019 08:43:42 BST, Bram Assendorp <bramassendorp@gmail.com> wrote: >Have mysql and freeradius on different servers (for example 2 >freeradius servers and three mysql (galera) servers) or just three >freeradius+mysql servers. Neither is 'best', it depends on your situation. Given VMs are basically free, I'd split them onto separate systems, personally. -- Matthew - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freeradius.org%2Flist%2Fusers.html&data=02%7C01%7Calister.winfield%40sky.uk%7C9ad7d60cbce04b68ed7708d6ddc0da33%7C68b865d5cf184b2b82a4a4eddb9c5237%7C0%7C1%7C636940217702516700&sdata=iARNHe0RzSPW3HryCitFd82Q9KfeAJPg9gX8lmT9Hio%3D&reserved=0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- This email is from an external source. Please do not open attachments or click links from an unknown or suspicious origin. Phishing attempts can be reported by sending them to phishing@sky.uk as attachments. Thank you -------------------------------------------------------------------- Information in this email including any attachments may be privileged, confidential and is intended exclusively for the addressee. The views expressed may not be official policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete it from your system. You should not reproduce, distribute, store, retransmit, use or disclose its contents to anyone. Please note we reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communication through our internal and external networks. SKY and the SKY marks are trademarks of Sky Limited and Sky International AG and are used under licence. Sky UK Limited (Registration No. 2906991), Sky-In-Home Service Limited (Registration No. 2067075), Sky Subscribers Services Limited (Registration No. 2340150) and Sky CP Limited (Registration No. 9513259) are direct or indirect subsidiaries of Sky Limited (Registration No. 2247735). All of the companies mentioned in this paragraph are incorporated in England and Wales and share the same registered office at Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD