Moving Server Hosts

[BenK]

I've self hosted my IPB for all of eternity, I'm looking to switch hosting providers which will move all current data over for me. 

 

Would a move like this be mostly seamless and keep the site up and running or would it corrupt the forums and need a full reinstall?

[Mark H]

Moving servers would preserve all content, assuming the move is done correctly and that you have a good backup.

You can refer to this Guide we prepared for that:

The site would be offline while the move is in progress (you have to set the site Offline per the Guide above), but once moved everything should work fine.