I was diving deep into MongoDB documentation and found a mention of using NVMe’s that was suggested for achieving much much higher throughputs. I saw a blog post about Storage Optimized droplets that run NVMs, but wasn’t able to find any confirmation if this is indeed what “Storage Optimized” managed databases use as well?
This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.
You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!
Hi there,
Yes, you are correct. The Storage-Optimized nodes are using NVMe SSDs.
You can find the documentation about this here:
And the announcement post here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/introducing-storage-optimized-droplets-with-nvme-ssds
Best,
Bobby
Become a contributor for community
Get paid to write technical tutorials and select a tech-focused charity to receive a matching donation.
DigitalOcean Documentation
Full documentation for every DigitalOcean product.
Resources for startups and AI-native businesses
The Wave has everything you need to know about building a business, from raising funding to marketing your product.
The developer cloud
Scale up as you grow — whether you're running one virtual machine or ten thousand.
Get started for free
Sign up and get $200 in credit for your first 60 days with DigitalOcean.*
*This promotional offer applies to new accounts only.