@tech662076

The note about stress testing would still apply if you’re using software that spawns multiple processes to do said testing. As long as what you’re doing doesn’t impact service, then I’d say you’ll be fine.

Some software does indeed spawn multiple child processes, span across multiple threads, and has the ability to really load up the host node, even when the target node is where you would think the load would result.

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In regards to the pen testing, I’d still go through support on that one as that’s not something I’ve inquired about before. My initial thought would that as long as the intent is not to do damage, you’d be fine, though you’d also need to ensure that security is properly managed on those nodes as if they are broken in to (hacked), it’s your account and you’re going to be the one that’s responsible – whether you used the tools or not.

That said, that’s not just with DigitalOcean, that’d be the case with any provider.