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Originally Posted by walrus
His stance is that the more you access the database, the greater the chance of some type of corruption.
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That is a consideration, but my view had more to do with there being two things which cause SQL-based sites to fall over (apart from the same issues which affect any site): problems with the SQL server and database corruption. The former will bring down all your sites, whether or not they share databases. The latter (usually) only affects the site(s) using the damaged database.
Since it only takes a few seconds to give each site its own database, I prefer to do so. I'm still not clear why Walrus assumed I was implying anything about the wider aspects of maintenance etc., from that choice.