Upgrading or Downgrading Servers
Same Hosting Type - No Server Change Required
No server change is required when you switch plans of the same type, as indicated in the table below.
Account Type | Switch between Plans | Server Change? |
---|---|---|
Linux Shared | Hatchling, Baby, Business | ✘ |
Windows Shared | Personal, Enterprise | ✘ |
Reseller | Aluminum, Copper, Silver | ✘ |
KVM VPS |
Snappy 2000, Snappy 4000 | ✘ |
Dedicated | Value, Power, Enterprise | ✘ |
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, those will change and/or be 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, Reseller, and VPS plans, there is a server change.
- If switching to or away from any Dedicated hosting plan, there is a server change.
- If moving to or away from a Windows Shared plan, there will be 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/downgrading accounts.
✔ - Requires no server change; thus, no content transfer.
✻ - Requires a server change.
- | Shared | Reseller | Windows Shared | KVM VPS |
Linux | Windows Dedicated |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shared | ✔ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ |
Reseller | ✻ | ✔ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ |
Windows Shared | ✻ | ✻ | ✔ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ |
KVM VPS | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✔ | ✻ | ✻ |
Linux Dedicated | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✔ | ✻ |
Windows Dedicated | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✻ | ✔ |
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