<p>I sent the Craft 2 database to Pixel and Tonic, and Brad kindly updated it for me.</p>

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<p><strong>Background:</strong> Our Craft 2 site has been working for years. Now I want to upgrade to Craft 3. On a test machine, I have been having problems with the upgrade process. I have tried 3 classes of things: </p>

<ol>
<li>Install Craft 3 from scratch. This is working, but I'd really like to bring the old database along.</li>
<li>Install Craft 3 and the old database, and try to do the upgrade.</li>
<li>Just duplicate the old Craft 2 system with the old database, to get something to work.</li>
</ol>

<p><strong>The problem:</strong> Anything I do with the old database (#2 or #3, above) is likely to cause Apache2 to go berserk, using up all memory and swap and bringing the system to a nearly complete halt. Not every page does this, but, for example, the CP Entries page does this when it attempts to list entries.</p>

<p>I haven't been able find any errors in logs, though I'm not especially adept at that.  Any thoughts?</p>

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Craft causing Apache2 to max out memory and swap
# Craft causing Apache2 to max out memory and swap

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-09)

**Background:** Our Craft 2 site has been working for years. Now I want to upgrade to Craft 3. On a test machine, I have been having problems with the upgrade process. I have tried 3 classes of things:

1. Install Craft 3 from scratch. This is working, but I'd really like to bring the old database along.
2. Install Craft 3 and the old database, and try to do the upgrade.
3. Just duplicate the old Craft 2 system with the old database, to get something to work.

**The problem:** Anything I do with the old database (#2 or #3, above) is likely to cause Apache2 to go berserk, using up all memory and swap and bringing the system to a nearly complete halt. Not every page does this, but, for example, the CP Entries page does this when it attempts to list entries.

I haven't been able find any errors in logs, though I'm not especially adept at that. Any thoughts?

**Tags:** apache, upgrades, memory

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-05-06. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I sent the Craft 2 database to Pixel and Tonic, and Brad kindly updated it for me.


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