Upgrading or Downgrading Servers
Same Hosting Type - No Server Change Required
No server change is required when you upgrade hosting plans of the same type, as indicated in the table below.
| Account Type | Switch between Plans | Server Change? |
|---|---|---|
| Shared |
|
✘ |
| VPS |
|
✘ |
| Dedicated |
|
✘ |
For cases listed above:
- Name servers and IP addresses will NOT need to change.
- SSL and other custom software will NOT need to be reinstalled.
- Site content will NOT need to be transferred.
Of course, if you order a dedicated IP or a new SSL separately, they will be changed and/or installed per your request.
New Hosting Type - Server Change Required
Any time you switch types of hosting, a server change will be required. For example:
- If switching between Shared and VPS plans, there is a server change.
- If switching to or away from any Dedicated hosting plan, there is a server change.
This means the name servers and IP address will change; SSL and other custom software will need to be reinstalled, and you will need to transfer your site content. These changes cannot be circumvented.
Visual Chart
This chart will provide a visual representation of which plans require or don't require a server change when upgrading accounts.
✔ - Requires no server change; thus, no content transfer.
✻ - Requires a server change.
| - | Shared | VPS |
Linux |
Windows Dedicated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shared | ✔ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ |
| VPS | ✻ | ✔ | ✻ | ✻ |
| Linux Dedicated | ✻ | ✻ | ✔ | ✻ |
| Windows Dedicated | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✔ |
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