What do i need to know if I switch from a Windows server to Linux?

[Dave P]

SMF Version: SMF 1.1 RC2
My forum keeps getting sluggish and then giving me PHP error messages. I'm lead to believe that this is because I'm on a Windows server, which has memory management issues, and I should switch to a Linux server.

Is there anything I need to know before I request this from my provider? If they do the switch will everything carry on as normal or do I need to do stuff? I lost everything upgrading from 1.0.7 to 1.1 RC2 and don't want to have to start again!

(yes I did backup from the admin panel but couldn't find a way of uploading the backup.)

I know this might have been asked many times but a couple of forum searches didn't find anything.

BTW - despite my problems so far i have to say taht SMF is rfeally rather good. Top stuff.

[kegobeer]

You shouldn't have any problems if your host moves your site to a Linux box.  In this case, I would download all of the files to your local machine and also use phpMyAdmin to do a complete database dump just in case your host accidentally loses your files and/or database during the move.

[vbgamer45]

I run it on windows and am I fine.
The main thing after you move you will need to run repair settings since the file paths will change.