Title: Database sharing more efficient?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database sharing more efficient?

 *  [ryanve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanve/)
 * (@ryanve)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-sharing-more-efficient/)
 * Is installing two (or more) WP installations in one database an advantage or 
   disadvantage when it comes to overall resource usage and efficiency? Ideas?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-sharing-more-efficient/#post-1575727)
 * I’d say it was a disadvantage as 1 database has to try and run 2 sites simultaneously.
 *  Thread Starter [ryanve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanve/)
 * (@ryanve)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-sharing-more-efficient/#post-1575914)
 * Makes sense—thank you—I think I’ll keep em’ separate. What got me thinking about
   this was at one point I was considering sharing the user table between two blogs(
   using [this method](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/09/20/installing-two-wordpress-blogs-with-the-same-users))
   but for this blog, since I use Disqus for the comments, the only wp users are
   the authors. I think keeping the db running smooth gets priority.

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