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I found this answer to my question but if the DNS cache for existing.mydomain.com is the problem, wouldn't that solution just result in a infinite circular loop? Or does a DNS lookup for newsub.mydomain.com force a DNS refresh for all subdomains of mydomain.com?

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newsub.mydomain.com points to the new server.

existing.mydomain.com points to the new server for users who have checked recently, and the old server for those who have not.

The old server redirects to newsub.mydomain.com with a 301 "permanently moved".

There is no loop.

However, you still have to keep the old server running until the DNS TTL for existing.mydomain.com expires. If you don't, some users might hit the old IP and think your site is down.

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  • Borealid: The problem is newsub.mydomain.com is being redirected back to existing.mydomain.com (see the answer JWalker posted on that thread). I cannot maintain a parallel newsub.mydomain.com website.
    – user51904
    Aug 21, 2010 at 7:30
  • @Sid Ahuja: I don't think JWalker's solution works. If you're just getting a new IP, simply add both IPs to the server until the TTL expires. If you're actually moving to a new host, replace the old page with a redirect as I said and do all maintenance on the new server. You don't have to maintain a parallel website, just keep the old server sending redirects until your TTL expires.
    – Borealid
    Aug 21, 2010 at 16:09

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