Ben: > Are "centralized" database (SQL) servers best left out of > virtualization ... > and intensive querying, Accounting Systems and so forth. It really depends on the hardware you allocate to the VM and how intensive the usage is. Personally, if I have an intensively queried database server, I want it directly on hardware. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://UnmeteredVPS.net/centos CentOS 5.4 VPS with unmetered bandwidth only $25/month! No overage charges, 7 day free trial, PayPal, Google Checkout