Moving sites from one host to another

lilzagi · 2004-09-24, 11:10 AM

The best to do it is to transfer all your content + databases + emails + crontabs + any other misc settings first to the new host.

Then you should ask them for a dedicated IP that you can test your moved sites with. Once everything checks out ONLY then update authorative name servers to the new host.

Since early September NS changes take 5 mins, and you can realistically expect traffic to switch over within 4-6 hours, so its important to verify the new destination is ready to accept traffic.

Check out www.RealityCheckNetwork.com -- we do account migrations for free and have had very good success in the past.

2004-09-24, 11:10 AM	#10
lilzagi Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 12	The best to do it is to transfer all your content + databases + emails + crontabs + any other misc settings first to the new host. Then you should ask them for a dedicated IP that you can test your moved sites with. Once everything checks out ONLY then update authorative name servers to the new host. Since early September NS changes take 5 mins, and you can realistically expect traffic to switch over within 4-6 hours, so its important to verify the new destination is ready to accept traffic. Check out www.RealityCheckNetwork.com -- we do account migrations for free and have had very good success in the past.