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Currently, no. Right now you tell your new instance to expect a transfer from your old. Then you tell your old your new instance and if they match, the transfer begins. In your example, you wouldn't be able to do half the steps needed so it would fail. And since each server is unique, it would be up to them whether or not there were any backups or not.
Thanks! Are the systems standalone or can they be distributed or mirrored? Seems like a potental single point of failure if the instance is literally running on someone's personal server.
That is unfortunately beyond my knowledge. I've never read up on settimg up an instance so I'm not sure. From the user side, I don't think most people mirror their instances, since most are volunteers renting space somewhere or running a small home instance for themselves or a small group.
I have seen the owner of an instance announce that they were shutting down in three months and to find a new home on a couple of occasions. Not quite the same, but a similar impermanence.