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How large should our droplet be?

Posted October 28, 2015 2.2k views
MySQL Apache PHP Debian LAMP Stack DigitalOcean Load Balancing High Availability

We are running an event and are expecting ~ 200 concurrent users all using our PHP/MySQL system, on a LAMP server hosted by Digital Ocean. How large should we make our server? We are also expecting to run a bit of node.js for some live screens showing stats.

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BrookDO October 28, 2015

Hi,

I’d recommend starting with a 2gb Droplet - which should be sufficient for your needs, but if your needs grow, or you see any performance degradation due to resources, you can always upgrade to a larger Droplet very easily by following this guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-resize-your-droplets-on-digitalocean

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