Convesio Migration

WordPress hosting for sites moving off Convesio.

Convesio runs WordPress across containers with a clustered database in front of it. That architecture changes what an export even means, because there is no single server to copy.

Container state resolvedClustered DB exported cleanlyFree migration
Migration-tunedRedis object cacheNVMe storageDaily backupsFree SSL24/7 support
What actually moves

An architecture that does not copy directly.

Most host migrations are a file copy and a database dump. This one starts by working out where the authoritative copy of each thing lives.

No single filesystem to take

The site runs across multiple containers, so uploads and anything written at runtime have to be collected from shared storage rather than pulled off one server.

Shared storageRuntime writes found

A clustered database, exported consistently

Reading from a replica mid-write produces a dump that is internally inconsistent — orders present whose line items are not. The export is taken against a consistent point instead.

Consistent snapshot

Platform features that are not plugins

Caching, scaling and some security behaviour are Convesio's own layer rather than something installed. Each has to be re-established here rather than migrated.

DNS and TLS planned around the cutover

Records are moved with a lowered TTL ahead of time and certificates issued before the switch, so the change is a redirect of traffic rather than an outage.

Scheduled work re-established

Anything Convesio was running on your behalf has to exist here explicitly, which is a deliberate step rather than something an import discovers for you.

The migration

Find the authoritative copy, then move once.

The risk in a containerised migration is copying a version of the site that was never the live one. Everything below is about establishing which copy is real.

  • Shared storage collected, not just one container
  • Database exported at a consistent point
  • Platform-level features re-created explicitly
  • TTL lowered before the cutover window
Uploads
Collected from shared storage
complete
Database
Consistent snapshot taken
verified
Cache layer
Re-established here
configured
DNS cutover
TTL lowered
scheduled
Performance

The same site, on a stack you can see.

Autoscaling hides a lot, including which queries were always slow. Moving to a fixed, tuned stack usually surfaces and then fixes them.

Redis
object cache, on by default
NVMe
storage on every plan
Free
migration, done by engineers
MagicWP190 ms
Imported without the object cache1200 ms
Database restored from a replica read640 ms

Illustrative comparison after migration. Your numbers depend on plugin load and how much the previous stack was absorbing.

Configuration

What we change moving from Convesio

These differ from a standard migration on the same plan, and each follows from the fact that the source is a distributed system rather than a server.

SettingWhat we doWhy
Filesystem collectionUploads and runtime writes gathered from shared storage across containersA containerised site has no single disk that holds everything, so copying one container's filesystem produces a site that is missing whatever was written by the others.
Database exportTaken as a consistent snapshot rather than a live read from a cluster memberReading a clustered database while it is being written produces a dump where related rows disagree with each other, and the damage shows up as orders whose line items are missing rather than as an error.
Cache layerObject and page caching re-established explicitly on arrivalThe previous caching was part of the platform rather than something installed in the site, so nothing in the export contains it and the migrated site is slower than the original until it is rebuilt.
Scaling assumptionsResource ceilings set deliberately instead of inherited from autoscalingA site that has been silently scaled for years has never been told how much it actually uses, so the first honest measurement happens during the migration rather than before it.
Cutover sequencingTTL lowered in advance and certificates issued before traffic movesMoving records at full TTL means some visitors continue reaching the old platform for hours after it stopped being authoritative, which produces orders written to a site nobody is watching.
Plans

Simple, transparent pricing.

Every plan includes free migration, daily backups, SSL and 24/7 support.

MonthlyYearly
Starter
For personal sites, blogs, and portfolios.
$20/mo
Billed $240 yearly · save $60
  • 1 WordPress site
  • 10 GB NVMe disk
  • Free SSL
  • Daily backups
  • One-click deployment
  • Support tickets
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Pro★ Most popular
For growing businesses and busy stores.
$80/mo
Billed $960 yearly · save $240
  • 5 WordPress sites
  • 50 GB NVMe disk
  • Free SSL
  • Daily backups
  • One-click deployment
  • Priority support tickets
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Enterprise
For agencies and high-traffic platforms.
$250/mo
Billed $3000 yearly · save $600
  • 20 WordPress sites
  • 200 GB NVMe disk
  • Free SSL
  • Daily backups
  • One-click deployment
  • Dedicated support
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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Why can't I just download a backup from Convesio and restore it?
You can start there, but a containerised site keeps runtime writes in shared storage and its database in a cluster. A single backup often reflects one container and one replica rather than the whole live site.
Will I lose the autoscaling?
You move from implicit scaling to explicit, measured resources. In practice most sites discover they were being scaled around a handful of slow queries that are cheaper to fix than to absorb.
What happens to Convesio's built-in caching?
It is part of their platform rather than a plugin, so nothing in the export contains it. We re-establish page and object caching here explicitly, which is a step rather than an import.
How much downtime is there?
None that visitors see. We build and verify the site here first, lower DNS TTL in advance, then move traffic once certificates are already issued.
Is the migration free?
Yes, and done by our engineers rather than by a plugin. That matters more than usual here, because the hard part is deciding which copy of the data is authoritative.

Move off Convesio without guessing which copy is live.

Free migration, a consistent database export, and caching rebuilt on arrival.