Hi there @FishFash,

I could suggest a couple of things:

• Move your database to a separate database server or a Managed Database cluster - that way you will offload the load from your webserver
• As you mentioned spin up another copy of your Droplet and use a load balancer to distribute the traffic
• Add a caching solution like Redis for example. You can either install Redis on a separate Droplet or use the managed Redis clusters
• Add a CDN like Cloudflare to cache your static files and reduce the overall load on your servers

Hope that this helps!
Regards,
Bobby