By hi148036
For example, on the lowest level plan you get 512mb, is the actual RAM 256mb with a 256mb burst?
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!
@sb73542 you can set up swap on your droplet: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-add-swap-on-ubuntu-12-04
Swapping on SSD will still be terrible, just not as bad as on spinning disks. RAM access latency is measured in single digit nanoseconds, SSD access latency is 50-100 microseconds, HD access latency is 11-20 milliseconds. So, SSDs are 200x quicker to respond than harddrives, but still about 10,000 times slower than RAM.
Become a contributor for community
Get paid to write technical tutorials and select a tech-focused charity to receive a matching donation.
DigitalOcean Documentation
Full documentation for every DigitalOcean product.
Resources for startups and SMBs
The Wave has everything you need to know about building a business, from raising funding to marketing your product.
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.