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+# Database transition
+The default database for BentoBox is one that stores files on the file system using JSON (it used to be YAML, but since 1.5.0 it is JSON). This approach should work for most servers. However, it may be that your server has grown to the point where having the database on another machine will help. Alternatively, you may have other software that wants to access that data, e.g., a web site. BentoBox offers the ability to migrate your data from one type of database to another seamlessly.
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+## Steps
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+To be added.