Splitting multisites into different sites
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J. Cohen - Sat, 2008-05-24 22:52
I've been using Drupal for a couple of years, but haven't done any multisites yet.
- Is it feasible to create 10 to 20 sites on a single Drupal installation, or is that going to slow things down more than having them as separate Drupal installations?
- Can individual sites be separated into individual Drupal sites later? For example, remove site #5 from the multisite installation and create an independent Drupal installation out of it?
Thanks
As long as you follow the multi-site principles
As long as the sites would be on the same server (host) any way, it should serve at the same rate.
As long as you follow the multi-site principles through out and keep all your custom modules/themes/files in "/sites/N-site.com" for each site , you should have no problem pulling them apart later.
In fact, as a general practice I develop all my sites on a local multi-site even though I will post them all to separate servers to be hosted as single sites.
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Michael Hofmockel
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thanks
Thanks for your reply.
My idea was to build a set of client sites off of one set of code so maintenance (upgrades) would be easy for me.
Then if they wanted to migrate the site to another server or use another person to maintain their site, I could split it off from my multisite installation.
Do you think that is a good idea, or should I run them as separate sites?
Go for it!
If I was going to maintain a punch of sites on one server they would be in a multi-site. Code maintenance is the best reason to run sites off one code base (multi-site). Do it.
Reasons I would not do this for any particular site:
- The complexity of a site reaches a level that requires special consideration while upgrading.
- Traffic on a site grows to the point it deserves its own server.
- Site has sensitive data (credit card info, ...) with associated risks and liabilities.
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Michael Hofmockel
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multisite
Thanks... I will try multisite. It sounds perfect for what I am thinking of doing. They are not going to be complicated or overly high traffic sites.