I don't understand why my droplet is limited to 30% CPU

Hi @giordano,

It’s possible the issue is not coming from your Resources but from your configuration.

Are you using Apache or Nginx? It’s possible you are hitting the max workers allowed. Let’s assume you are using Apache. So first, what are Apache Workers, and what are they used for:

Imagine you are in a cinema, and there are 300 chairs inside. Those are the Apache Workers and the movie is your Website. If someone wants to watch the movie(your website) they need to sit in the chair (Apache Workers). If all 300 chars are taken, the 301 person needs to wait for someone to leave in order for them to sit and watch the movie. That’s how ApacheWorkers work. Once all ApacheWorkers are taken, a new person that wants to open your website waits for a spot to be open and only after that they can see your website.

Usually, these limits are set by 256 by default but they can be increased.

You can open your Apache configuration file. In there you should see something similar to:

ServerLimit 256
MaxClients 256
MaxRequestsPerChild 4000

Increase both the ServerLimit and MaxClients options, restart Apache, and see if this would solve your issue.

It’s possible they do not exist (haven’t been added) and the default values are the ones above. Adding them to the prefork content of apache mods should be fine as well.

Don’t forget to restart Apache afterward.