So you think that a SQL server could cause more slow down than PHP? How about with the server collecting mail, do you see that as much of a load? How many users do you think I will be limited to? Brian Kelsay >>> "Brian Densmore" <> 07/02/04 01:19PM >>> I have some of my family tree on my website http://www.amason.net/ It runs on PHP, and I am not using the SQL db option behind it. I can tell you it doesn't have anything as powerful as you describe, and seems to run fine for me. But then again, It hasn't had probably more than 2 or 3 users on it at a time.