I read through many posts about this issue but most seem old and not "exactly" the same config as I have.
Currently running WP on a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine with Ubuntu installed.
My question is would there be a benefit to running mysql db on it's, separate, server? Or on two separate server?
Basically I'm looking for ways to optimize my site within the limits of my Azure credits - 3 different accounts at $100 per month each, and I can't combine them ;)
Already running W3 Cache (tried the others and not seeing tremendous improvement with any of them). I have a 400mb database with 27,000 posts and my performance isn't horrible - about 4 seconds to load and 7-9 seconds to do a full search of title and content.
I know it's a broad question.
Thank you.
Tri