Application+DB on host vs on VM

[karhong]

Hi,

I have VB404 running on host Mac OSX, and Centos5 64bit as guest.
I have a web-based application runnig within guest OS Centos5 (4Gb RAM allocated). This web-based application will access the PostgreSQL DB occasionally, ie not data-intensive.
I will access the web-based application from my host machine.

The above setup is only meant for demo, not production runs.

For my case, should I install the PostreSQL onto the mac osx host or within the VM Centos5 for optimum performance ?
Your advice appreciated, rgds.

[vbox4me2]

For demo purposes it makes little difference, but you could make another VM just for DB access. I'd keep the Host clean.