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CPimp · 11-12-2009, 10:46 PM

Okay question.

Say I have Host A that I am currently on, and I am about to have my sites moved to host X. I want minimal downtime, obviously. So what I am wondering is... if I go to the registrars where I bought my domains from and ONLY ADD the new nameservers... then let that propagate for 24-48 hrs before I transfer hosts, once I get everything transferred and delete Host A's nameservers from my domains, I should have very minimal downtime, correct?

IE RIght now this is what I would have for nameservers:
ns1.hostA.com
ns2.hostA.com

then I would add the new NS's:
ns1.hostA.com
ns2.hostA.com
dns1.hostX.com
dns2.hostX.com

Then let it sit for 48 hours, then do the transfer and then remove the ns1.hostA.com and ns2.hostA.com from the domains.

Hopefully that wasnt too confusing.

11-12-2009, 10:46 PM
CPimp Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,346	Moving Websites DNS Question ref: Downtime Okay question. Say I have Host A that I am currently on, and I am about to have my sites moved to host X. I want minimal downtime, obviously. So what I am wondering is... if I go to the registrars where I bought my domains from and ONLY ADD the new nameservers... then let that propagate for 24-48 hrs before I transfer hosts, once I get everything transferred and delete Host A's nameservers from my domains, I should have very minimal downtime, correct? IE RIght now this is what I would have for nameservers: ns1.hostA.com ns2.hostA.com then I would add the new NS's: ns1.hostA.com ns2.hostA.com dns1.hostX.com dns2.hostX.com Then let it sit for 48 hours, then do the transfer and then remove the ns1.hostA.com and ns2.hostA.com from the domains. Hopefully that wasnt too confusing. __________________ three 997 three 55 three 1 ← That's my ICQ. Contact me there. Thanks.