[stevekemp]

So to recap:

* You're building a landing-page, with HTML + CSS. * But you also need to run PHP. * I think you already have a server running MySQL.

If you trust the company providing you with the MySQL-server then use them to add a second machine if you're worried. If you're not sure how much load to expect, but are pessimistic, then just use the server you already have.

Really you can't guess how much traffic you'll get, but chances are high it will be slow to scale up. So the important thing is that you monitor resources and can re-deploy on a bigger host in a hurry if you need to - moving your code, your database(s), and updating DNS promptly.