By easybiodata
We have a database on our current server and it is about to fill up with new users. Is there a way to increase our disk size for a droplet without losing all the data currently on the server?
Thanks!
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- Create a new droplet with the required size
- Make it a slave and let it catch up
- Shut down site to make sure no new entries come in
- Change the new one to master and old one to slave
- Power up the site again.
- Remove slave if you want
To swap master theoretically is instant so it just depends on how fast you are, should take only a minute or so with testing. The shut down is only to make sure a user isn’t registering at the exact same time as you swap, you don’t have to if its more important to not be down for that time.
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