Do I need a dedicated server for Magento? Or is shared ok? Can I separate the DB and Magento if both are on shared servers?
I'm using Magento Community. Currently I have it set up where the database and magento are on the same server and it's shared hosting (so *not* a dedicated server with only my site). There are a few issues/questions that I'm wondering how best to solve:

1. The site is quite slow, can separating the DB and web server onto diff. boxes help?

2. Will separating them onto to diff servers that are both shared hosting actually make a difference?

3. I'm not sure if PCI-compliance requires me to have a dedicated server (we're doing fewer than 20,000 transactions a year), does it?

Thanks!

Do I need a dedicated server for Magento? Or is shared ok? Can I separate the DB and Magento if both are on shared servers?
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I'm using Magento Community. Currently I have it set up where the database and magento are on the same server and it's shared hosting (so *not* a dedicated server with only my site). There are a few issues/questions that I'm wondering how best to solve:

1. The site is quite slow, can separating the DB and web server onto diff. boxes help?

2. Will separating them onto to diff servers that are both shared hosting actually make a difference?

3. I'm not sure if PCI-compliance requires me to have a dedicated server (we're doing fewer than 20,000 transactions a year), does it?

Thanks!
