Configuring Plesk for Database Hosting

You can host users' databases either on a single server or on a number of different servers. Having the user databases on a remote server can be useful in multi-server installations, where centralized database hosting can be preferable for administration, backup, and resource utilization. However, if you have a single Plesk server, you are advised to keep all databases on it.

To use remote database servers with your hosting machine, you need to:

1. Set up a remote database server:
   1. Install MySQL or PostgreSQL software.
   2. Set up database administrator's account.
   3. Enable network access to the database server.
2. Configure Plesk for working with your remote database server.