I want to know the disadvantages in keeping a 'dedicated' Database Server.
I asked my professor, and he told me tht having a dedicated database server will mean tht there will always be a DNS look up.....which will increase the time required to talk to the database.
Is it always better to have the mysql installation on the web deployment server so tht accessing the DB will ber from the local host??? 127.0.0.1 ?