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Originally Posted by wazu
If we just set up a new server from scratch, Xenforo or whatever, and had a cutover day where everybody is redirected to that new setup, isn't that enough? We could keep the old vBulletin 3.8 thing up under a different URL, and reference it as needed, but lock out all new posts. The old DB would stop growing, and the new server would be all new tech stack whatever and hopefully buy another 30 years. Maybe this has been proposed and shot down. I realize even this is still a project, but seems like one that is about as lightweight as could be hoped for.
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Yes, it's a viable solution. We're starting to hit at the crux of the issue, though. In a sense, this is an engineering problem. We (and by we, I really just mean Kyle since the rest of us are just spitballing) are trying to optimize for a combination of:
-Short-term reliability
-Long-term maintenance requirements
-Ingrained user experience
-Possibilities for new features
-Discussion history
-Cost
-And probably a half-dozen other things
Tons of potential solutions, all that come with their own pros and cons.