To transfer 400+ accounts August 19, 2008
Posted by Jonathan in : Hosting, Internet, My Sites, Other, Webmaster, free hosting , trackback
So my job today…
Is to transfer over 400 accounts onto the new swerve dedicated server I recently purchased, currently it only has 2GB of RAM however I’m looking to upgrade it to either 4GB of RAM or 6GB’s however that is if the server needs it; though I don’t believe it will unless FlickCabin.com has sudden increases or digg effects. Though if this does happen, a simple RAM upgrade which is available whenever and is always a choice with the host I purchased a server with. It’s going to take time to transfer the accounts over and set the DNS records straight so no-one has to change name servers however it should be somewhat an easy job. I’ve been quite busy lately, with building development and today would be the only day this month; of which I can complete the whole transfer. - However I will administer the transfer of DNS propagation (If at-all any is going to happen, as the DNS records resolve) to the same data center that we have been with for over 8 months.
I would initially get WiredTree to do this, as they would typically do this for you however I need to learn more on troubleshooting issues rather than getting someone else to do something for me, as that would be the easy way out. 
Though this shouldn’t take too long as only a few accounts are using over a gigabyte of data. Hopefully this should go well, as I will be transferring accounts in batches to prevent any data loss if the connection between both servers is sustained too long. As always the transfer will take place as such:
- Transfer the smaller sites that are under 100MB in size
- Transfer sites in the medium range of 100-500MB and above
- Transfer sites in batches of over 1GB
- Transfer any outstanding or even existing websites
I’m going to be transferring accounts from Magnet first, then Variable.
Transfer begun
Currently, I’ve transferred most of the Magnet websites/users and it’s going well, I’m hoping to get this transfer all done by today so I can cancel the VPS’ they are currently on and plus I don’t have the time to do it any other day; but perhaps tomorrow afternoon. To finish it all today would be wonderful, hopefully everything will work without a hitch - I’d be happy indeed. Though one problem is occuring, there is a big website which have files stored securely and things have to be uploaded to the new server in batches. (Such as the data files and everything like that) It’s not much of a problem, hopefully we’ll get through this as it’s taking quite a long time and I need to get it done all by today.
The account owner of this user name: amazinaz, you are a big pain in the neck! - I know this account and the guy on the Vlexo forums however your account is taking me over an hour (Right now) to transfer over to the new server. 
No worries, seems to be going flawlessly right now. Hopefully this will all be over soon!
Magnet Data transferred complete
After 5 hours of transferring accounts over from Magnet, the work has been completed, and all sites/files are in working order and zero downtime occurred. I have transferred over 200 accounts onto this powerful dedicated server, now time to transfer another 100/200+ accounts over - which I will do tomorrow morning as at the moment, I’m very tired and knackered after waiting 5 hours. Things have gone without a hitch, apart from the timing which I though I’d be able to everything in around 2 hours. Things happen and it wasn’t too bad. 
Variable Data transferal complete
The data and accounts on Variable have now been succesfully transferred over to to new quad.vlexodns.com server. Issues are no longer a problem so far since we are on quite a powerful server with upgrades at the ready if they are needed. It took me around 8 hours to transfer all accounts over from Variable to Quad as cPanel accounts fared much larger and more complicated.
Done
I’ve succesfully transferred all accounts to quad.vlexodns.com and things are running quite smoothly, there were some processes which I killed as they was pushing the server load to extreme levels. Out of 2GB of RAM, websites are using only 40-50% and the server in terms of uptime is currently at 100% on all services that are currently running.
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