title: Sonar: local or external MySQL database?
body: <p>We are trying to set up a dedicated/single Sonar instance at an organization level with close to 60 projects (different languages) with MySQL DB. The goal is to make sure that the system performs optimally, i.e both Sonar and MySQL DB. </p>
  
  <p>Below are the hardware specification for the VM that we are planning to procure.</p>
  
  <p>RAM: 8GB , Hard Disk: 100GB, OS: Windows 2008 server </p>
  
  <p>The only question with this set up that we want to have is, whether to have Sonar and MySQL running in the same machine or have a dedicated machine to run MySQL server in the same network.</p>
  
  <p>Any inputs is highly appreciated.</p>