Separate Database/subdomain: Recommendation
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- Desmond White
- Newbie
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I've made a decision to utilize the phpBB3 forum with my site. I would like to request some expert opinions on how to set up. I am expecting a sizable user population (thousands) within 12mos and I want to have the best setup for the projected growth, not where we are now.
Here is what I'm working with:
site is built joomla 1.5.7.
RocketTheme: TerranTribune
Community Builder integration 1.2 RC3
Apache version 1.3.41 (Unix)
PHP version 5.2.6
MySQL version 5.0.51a-community
Architecture i686
Operating system Linux
Should the forum be setup on a separate database and subdomain? What do recommend if you're expecting a large user pop.?
Thank you for your input and suggestions
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- Ben Lee
- Elite Rocketeer
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I personally use separate databases for each different system used. I try to keep things as separate as possible so that updates on one are not likely to disturb the others. I've got sites using Joomla 1.5, CB 1.2b2, and phpBB3.x and things have been working very well. Also, if your forum is very widely used, the database may grow to be fairly large making it a little more difficult to backup the entire thing. Sure you can backup tables individually, but it's nice to just use the standard cpanel gzip backups if you have them.
Another point to make is that backups are specific to the system you're trying to recover. If your forum goes down for a little bit, your main site is still up. Also, if an attacker ends up getting through to one database, they don't necessarily have access to the other (as far as I know, but I'm not expert).
Lastly, Rokbridge has been working very well between Joomla 1.5 and phpBB 3.x and can operate on separate databases, so I would take advantage of that.
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