Originally Posted by
ig0r
Cool - much appreciated guys- the extra server would be for hosting an "offsite" mysql anyway rather than a website. Just didnt want to be forced into paying for a year up front
Did you look into using the Cloud option? (see the kimsufi site). They've just released the devCloud MySQL to public beta; I think it's still free until the end of this week, then £0.01 - 0.08 per hour depending on the size. Now, I do not know if it is actually possible to access this directly from another dedicated server though (perhaps just limited to the cloud system), but you could easily get around that with one additional mC cloud then - still a cheaper option than renting a server, plus unlimited storage space...