Thread: Migrating to Community-driven Infrastructure - Step 1: Inventory
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2012-06-25 , 22:17
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Originally Posted by Reggie View Post
1. It is currently hosted on a dedicated 8GB 2GHz quad-core Xeon server from softlayer.com (server location: Dallas, TX USA)
How much of that would you say is utilised during peak (regular, not DDOS) times?

For those asking, yes a lot of the forum systems (including open source ones) have vB migration tools. Sure, a cheaper or free forum system can be used but think about the expertise of the volunteer who intend to administer it [...]

There is also the task of creating custom plug-ins.
Wouldn't that be much easier on an open source platform though? A community-developed VB plug-in seems like a non-starter if every volunteer developer has to shell out $195 just for being able to play.

If moving to a new domain/forum name, I agree that members should be notified and asked for their permission.
Hm, that would effectively make migration practically impossible so perhaps the rest is moot :-/
 

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