Hello, I have setup a DayZ server and awaiting validation. While waiting, I have been messing around with a few things. DayZ server is hosted on an ibm server attached to a redundant storage SAN via. iSCSI. the IBM server runs vmware esx 4.1 and is only virtualizing 1 instance of windows 2003 server 64-bit. The server is connected to a failover/high availability vmware cluster. 2x dual core opteron 2222SE 3 ghz Database Server Quad CPU Xeon Quad core Debian Linux 6.0 MySQL +redundant SAN +the works. My question is: Can i offload the DB that DayZ uses to the SQL server? I have searched in vain for a string in a config file to change from localhost to (IP of Database Server) Why do i want this?: DayZ is growing. I also begin with the end in mind. And I believe DayZ will grow to such a size, (beyond the 5 tables in the current db) that the server requirements will go up if the sql server stays where it is now: localhost, and degrade game performance. To avoid this, i might aswell offload SQL now, so i wont have to do it later. I read a post somewhere stating that localhost cannot be changed at the moment, and username/password must be root? The opst was not on an official forum, so can i get validation on this? When will this be changed if it is in effect? Cheers, Michael Win-Win Solutions PS: I found during my trials and tribulations, that i i specify dayz as username for the mysql client, it blatantly refuses to login.