Thanks for that. I've double checked the TTL records and I'd already them to 1 hour so AFAICT, I should be good to go for a reasonably trouble free server move. I guess I'm just a little bit nervous as it's the first time I've moved a production server... Fun fun fun :)
Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin D. Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 October 2005 01:35 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Server move > > If you lower your DNS TTL values NOW to a reasonable values, > say 3600 seconds (1 hour), you can put the new server in > place, THEN change your DNS entries to the new system all at > once and things will propagate out much more quickly. Some > ISP's will ignore your lower TTL and cache longer anyway, so > you should still leave the "temp" server in place to handle > those for a while. > > I've moved a lot of sites, and a lot of servers, over the > years. If you plan everything out properly it's really not > that big of a deal. > > -Justin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177126 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
