As some of you may have seen, DAHLIAaddict moved to a new server a couple weeks ago.
This is DahliaAddict's third move, the first was from a shared host to a more robust shared host. This time it was from that shared host to a virtual private host. All of the moves have been to improve site performance as traffic has increased. With the VPH we'll have more control over the installed software, including being able install software we couldn't on our previous shared hosts. We'll also be able to purchase additional virtual hardware as needed without having to move again.
Since we have full control over the site's content, we did it as a hot swap -- copied the site and database and then updated DNS (domain name system), the internet's address book. As that update propagated through the world's DNS, the site's users continued to go to the old site host until they started routing to the new one as their internet service providers' DNS servers updated. Most didn't see any downtime as the change rolled out.
Now it's time to move DahliaAddict's neighbors, including your Growing Dahlias forum. Since you all control the content on this site we will be handling the move a little differently. We'll copy the site over and will be putting the old site into "maintenance mode" while we move the uploaded images and database to the new live host. That way we won't lose anything during the move. You'll know your ISP's DNS has updated when you see the familiar forum instead of the maintenance mode screen.
Normally DNS updates happen in just a few minutes. Sometimes, as long as a few hours and, in very rare cases, may take a couple days or, in even rarer cases, as long as a week. The latter are very unlikely.
Expect the move within the next few days.
