How To change Web Host without downtime?

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asked Jun 30, 2017 in Web Hosting by Richard (230 points)
How To change Web Host without downtime?
I need to change my web host.

My website is currently on shared hosting with hostgator but I need to move it to another web host and put it on a dedicated server because the website traffic is increasing.

How do I move my website to the new dedicated web host without having any downtime?

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answered Jul 16, 2017 by Shawn (99,990 points)
When you change web hosts you'll likely have a little down time for at least some of your website visitors.

That is because it takes some time for your domain to propagate to the new dns servers around the world.

If you have a database based website then close the website temporarily down to new replies if it's a forum.

Then while your site is down for the move, start changing your dns settings for your domain name to your new web hosts dns server names.

This gives your domain time to propagate to the new server while you're uploading files and databases to the new web server.

This will decrease the amount of downtime your website sees. But you will still get a little downtime when moving your website to a new web host.

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