Question
I'm a newb looking for guidance on properly setting up my droplet to get the best performance
I have a droplet sized at 2 vCPUs & 4GB / 25GB Disk ($40/month). The droplet houses my Hasura postgres DB.
I have a mobile app that users can create beer league type schedules that relies heavily on websocket technology for instant updating as several users at a time across several different screens (think 40-80 people interacting per schedule) where these players will all be viewing schedules concurrently and need to be notified instantly of updates (scores/standings/in progress matches).
During the highest traffic nights I have anywhere from 5-10 leagues running at a time and loading the schedule takes 3-7 seconds (feels like an eternity) since the traffic is spiked during these times.
How can I keep things running smooth and loading quickly when I hit these traffic spikes? I just upgraded that droplet to the current plan and it’s definitely helped, but it doesn’t feel like enough. Do I need to upgrade my droplet again? I purchased the basic load balancer for the droplet, but I have no idea what I’m doing and don’t even know if that’s the purpose of the load balancer.
If I have a load balancer set up, do I need multiple droplets for it to be effective? If I have multiple dropelts, how do I set them up to all hit the same database at the same time?
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