multiple server boxes.

[Anon]

I have a site which is written in PHP/mySql, and while looking for a dedicated hosting company I noticed dellhost.com is offering 2 servers for the price of one.
My naive question is how easy is it to run the mysql database on one server and the regular web server on the other. Does PHP support this with performance benefits? Where can find out what I need to know to do this.
ps. I was going for Linux but maybe it's easier on Win2K? comments please.

[Anon]

Personaly I'd say go Linux. You're performance issues are going to deal with the speed of the communication between the servers. If they each have a dedicated NIC talking to the other then you won't notice any difference.

It's fairly easy just make sure you're MySQL box is up and running and has a port open for recieving MySQL calls (I don't know what the port number is check the docs). Then in your PHP scripts just add the host to be your database server. (i.e. db.mydomain.com or 192.168.0.? or 10.10.?.?, whatever your internal network setup is).