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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Yeah, 5210R had a bit of a rocky start, but by now things are hammered<br>
down and it's become quite reliable.<br>
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Of course: Going from 5208R straight to 5210R usually entails a few home<br>
made challenges. The oldest PHP available for 5210R is PHP-5.6 and we<br>
all know how it goes: If the source server is a 5208R, then most likely<br>
there are some old Vsites on it that are still using PHP-5.4. I'm as<br>
guilty at that as anyone else. :p<br>
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The difference in MariaDB versions can also be a bit tricky. The last<br>
5208R that I moved from to 5210R still had user passwords in the old<br>
format, but that then broke on import onto the MariaDB 10.3 on 5210R and<br>
I had to manually reset each of the passwords, which wasn't really fun.<br>
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Other than that: Easy-Migrate can handle it nicely to get the data across.<br>
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In any case: Going from 5208R to 5209R sure entaily fewer nuisances and<br>
5209R still has plenty of life left in it.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes – pretty much my thinking. Sites that were moved across had PHP and MariaDB issues as you say. So moving across to 5209R initially makes sense. Will also give me a chance to do some tidying. Some of our 5208R servers were originally
migrated from our original Cobalts through various generations of BX to where we are now!
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If you need a hand, then let me know.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Will do. I have found the Easy-Migrate works really well. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have just been moved back into lockdown so hopefully some time will become available to tackle the ToDo list.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All the best<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colin<o:p></o:p></p>
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