Downtime for import

[tmb]

I was wondering how much downtime I would expect while importing? I have 10k members, 80k topics, and 3.5 mill posts to import. Want to start planning for this process so hoping someone can ballpark it. Thanks.

 

[TNCclubman]

import it into a different folder. No downtime.

example

yoursite.com/board (vB)
yoursite.com/forum (xF)

 

[Jake Bunce]

The posts will take the longest.

This post has some numbers for you. You can use those numbers to approximate how long your import will take.

 

[Walter]

And this one with a forum similar to yours:
http://xenforo.com/community/thread...-vbulletin-forum-with-2-8-million-posts.7003/

 

[Walter]

import it into a different folder. No downtime.

It's all about the database and not the folder

 

[TNCclubman]

What I meant to say, is it could take a day to do the import, but if xF resides in a different folder, the original vB isnt affected. (but its probably better to turn it off, or do the import on a clone of the database, then you can have your site have no downtime, and just lose the days posts when you make the switch. Whatever you prefer)