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1 Big Droplet or multple small ones

Posted on September 2, 2013

Hi All,

Can someone assist me. I have 1 Droplet of $20,- and running 4 websites on it. What is better… hold my setup or split it to 4 $5,- or 2 $10,-

When i start HTOP i see no overload, and all websites are running very well…



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That was what i also thinking. I will think about it… :)

I say you use two droplets. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket ;)

I tend to prefer lots of small pieces. Higher flexibility, higher availability. One could argue that it’s harder to manage.

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