MySQL or MariaDB, on this box or a second one. Decided before the dump.
€55 an hour. A server that will not start is not consulting. This is the choice of engine, version and whether the database should leave the web VPS.
Three questions that avoid a wasted migration
Hestia and DirectAdmin expect MariaDB. A cPanel server may be either. We do not recommend a conversion because a benchmark preferred the other name.
One WordPress site does not need a second VPS for the database. Split when the buffer pool and PHP are starving each other, and the app can point at another host.
8.0 or a current MariaDB, only if the connector and the panel support it. An interim upgrade to chase a feature is how a plugin stops logging in.
A note. The dump is a later quote.
Engine, version, whether to split, and what not to buy. Implementation is optional. You can hand the note to another admin.
€55. No root required for the hour.
Minimum 1 hour. If the real problem is that MySQL is down, we say so and switch to support instead of billing a strategy session.
About to change engine or split the database?
Tell us the panel and the version. No database password in the first message.