Thread: Transferring domains without downtime
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Old 27-01-2004, 23:35   #5
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Re: Transferring domains without downtime
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Originally Posted by iantresman
I want to transfer the site from one host to another, so will not be able to use the old DNS soon.

I assume that downtime occurs when (a) the original hosts closes a Web site early (b) the new host DNS can not be found until it resolves.

By pointing the secondary DNS record to the new host, I was hoping that if a request could not find the primary host, then it would find the secondary. Once the tranfer has gone though, I would then change the primary DNS to the new host.

Regards,
Ian Tresman
Derby, UK
Is this a static or dynamic site?

If it is a static site with no forums etc, then you copy (duplicate) it to the new site and keep it at the old. Check its working at the new, update the DNS records and it will be visible to both, you will get visitors at both over the 48hrs the DNS updates.

If its dynamic, well I've never worked with dynamic, but as long as you can point the dynamic bits to the same dbs (ip address?) then you could do the same?
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