How many applications can be run on one droplet?
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Hey @gerbreown -
The number of applications that it is physically possible to run on a single Droplet is a function of:
vs.
There are some users who run hundreds or even thousands of applications or websites on a single Droplet, because either:
But there are also some availability and reliability considerations that should go into the decision of how many applications should run on a single droplet.
For those reasons, devops developers who are focused on reliability often move towards using immutable infrastructure where different applications generally run on their own Droplet, or even multiple Droplets.
To go even further, sometimes different parts of an application are run on different Droplets. For example there are benefits to moving the database to a different Droplet, or just using Managed Databases.
But at the end of the day, if you are interested in starting small it is perfectly fine to run multiple applications on a single Droplet, you can just keep an eye on how much CPU, Memory and Storage you are using by watching the Monitoring dashboard.