Case Study · North American mobile personal-training franchise
Second engagement with the same client · since 2014
12-domain server migration: GoDaddy to OVHcloud
Moved six WordPress sites, six ASP.NET/WCF applications, and their databases off aging shared hosting onto a Canadian-hosted Windows Server 2022 environment the client owns.
25%
cost reduction
12
live domains moved
12 domains
The situation
Years of growth had left the business with one aging GoDaddy server running WordPress marketing sites, ASP.NET and WCF applications, SQL Server, MySQL, and a legacy PHP 5.6 site, plus several sites nobody needed anymore.
What we did
- 01Inventoried every site, app, and database, and identified five dead WordPress sites to retire instead of migrate
- 02Specified an OVHcloud VPS in Canada East (Windows Server 2022, 8 vCore, 24 GB RAM) with automated backups enabled
- 03Moved six WordPress sites, six ASP.NET/WCF applications, SQL Server 2019 (patched to the current cumulative update), and MySQL
- 04Kept the legacy PHP 5.6 site running as-is on a compatible runtime rather than force a risky upgrade mid-migration
- 05Cut over DNS and SSL for all 12 live domains in a low-traffic overnight window, followed by 48–72 hours of monitoring
Outcome
Cut over in March 2026 with no downtime. The one issue, installing a compatible runtime for the legacy system, was found and fixed during the move. The client now owns its OVHcloud hosting account outright, and costs came down by 25%.
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