Report this

What is the reason for this report?

How to host droplets in different host server boxes?

Posted on November 6, 2013

I have a database that requires replication in a different hosting server to guarantee that if the hosting server dies, the second running on a different host is still available. How can I check that two droplets are running on distinct boxes?



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!

These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.

For the time being, you have to submit a <a href=“https://cloud.digitalocean.com/support”>Support Ticket</a>; but you can help getting this capability brought to fruition by voting on it in DigitalOcean’s Customer Feedback Forum: <a href=“http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/3859618-deploy-to-physically-separated-hardware”>Deploy to physically separated hardware</a>.

For the time being you can create separate droplets in different Data Center locations. <br> <br>DigitalOcean offers 4 different data center locations.

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.