Title: Split Existing XL Database
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Split Existing XL Database

 *  [Alex Phelps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexphelps3/)
 * (@alexphelps3)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-existing-xl-database/)
 * Hi,
 * We’re running about 1200 sites on a multisite network that dates back to wp 2.7
   and we’re not up to date on WP 3.5.1.
 * We’re running into some serious issues with our database size now, it’s approx
   25gb.
 * Is it possible to use SharDB to split an existing Multisite Installation to have
   multiple databases so we can manage them easier?
 * If so, do you have any more details on how you’d go about that?
 * Thanks,
    Alex
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shardb/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shardb/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * (@wpmuguru)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-existing-xl-database/#post-3636294)
 * There is a migration tool included in SharDB.

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