[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by Verbose

First, don't use Godaddy for anything.. they lose domains and um.. apparently charge you by the hour for server maintenance. Especially if you are serious about your site/forums - and it sounds like you are if you have over 50K members. Trust me, get a REAL webhost (and while your at it .. move your domains to a different registrar like Namecheap, that isn't run by someone like this toolbox).

Last week, I had my host (Choopa.com) upgrade mysql, php, apache, etc etc. - it took them about 3 hours b/c they actually setup apache on a new box and copied all my sites and databases over. When they were done, vBulletin ran fine with no errors of any sort.

I run a dedicated box, so i don't share resources with other sites - whenever I need to upgrade or mess with the server, tech support is on it. I do NOT recommend you try to upgrade yourself, unless you know what you're doing and have backed up your database, etc. A good webhost will go a long way to keeping your sanity and peace of mind

thanks for the advice. yah, I'm a little put back by the fact they charge hr for support for dedicated. how long you been with choopa? is transfer difficult?

I've been avoiding this just cause I don't want to have to delve into. ugh. acutally considering moving somewhere with everything set-up all new versions. save the hassle and don't have to deal with godaddy anymore.

sigh.