by Ken Task.
Yes, would have too ... not only same DB but same moodledata/filedir ... for sure.
So, yes, one would end up conserving web processes ... me thinks.
There was an older discussion/cussion about this ... turns out a load balancer (just 2 nodes) ... the 1st node where cron jobs ran ... the 2nd node handling all the day to day connections, etc.
Now if I were you ... given the history of all the issues you have presently ... whose cause(s) is/are still un-known, don't think I'd jump out of the pan only to find myself in the fire! :\
'spirit of sharing', Ken