Title: Using db hosted elsewhere
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Using db hosted elsewhere

 *  [atomickarma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atomickarma/)
 * (@atomickarma)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-db-hosted-elsewhere/)
 * hi
 * My clients hosting package only offers MSSQL which I know WP cannot be easily
   configured for use with.
 * As such I’m wondering if I can successfully use WordPress with a mysql db hosted
   on another site?
 * Has anyone tried this, and if so can you give me some pointers?

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 *  [crikeymedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crikeymedia/)
 * (@crikeymedia)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-db-hosted-elsewhere/#post-590579)
 * I have a two tiered system tech web site on one and the database on another location.
   If both are in close proximity then it should not matter. for example I can connect
   to my host database from a web server running as localhost on my development 
   computer not problems. I had to configure the wp_config file to point to my db
   host IP as it was no longer on the servers localhost settings.
 * the only problem as I see it (and I have not resolved my problem) is that you
   need to ensure that the web server has access rights to the MySQL database server.
   In theory a server that has a dedicated function ie database server or a web 
   server or a application server performs better then a system where all three 
   functions are performed on the one server. More stable and better performance
   as the server admin can tune each server to best suit the task required.
 * BUT they must be located with a fast connection between each box. if you are 
   looking at different service providers then the chances are you can get it to
   work but the performance will suffer as the web server needs to cimmuicat across
   the world to talk to the database then reply back to the user.
 * Hope this helps in making your decision
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 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-db-hosted-elsewhere/#post-590579)
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