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Hey everyone,
I’m new to DigitalOcean and exploring ways to optimise costs, especially during off-hours. I’d love to learn how you handle automating tasks like shutting down droplets that aren’t in use.
How are you currently automating droplet or cluster shutdowns for cost optimisation? For example, managing Dev/Test workloads, weekly batch processing, etc.
I’m fairly technical (though new to DO) and can think of using scripts with the DO APIs to handle this, but managing multiple droplets could get pretty unwieldy.
Lastly, are there any add-ons or tools in the DO Marketplace that you’d recommend for this kind of use case?
Looking forward to your insights—thanks in advance!
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