What type of DigitalOcean plan should I get given that ...

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Hi, I’m having a hard time deciphering DigitalOcean’s pricing plans, which maybe should be a red flag, but I’ll ask my question anyway. I have a site for data analysis, that most likely only me and a few other folks will use. The site will use RubyOnRails 4 and PostGres 9.5. However, the site will require a lot of database space, at least in terms of rows. Likely I will need about 25 million rows of data. This would be the equivalent of about 4 GB of space. What type of plan should I get and what is the approximate monthly cost?

Thanks, - Dave

Marko Mudrinić · Accepted Answer

If your app takes 4 GB of disk space even $5 Droplet will do, but it only have 512 MB RAM, which can make problem if your app is RAM intensive. Your main concern should be RAM usage of the app. If your app runs out of RAM, you are risking of it being killed. You should select your Droplet size by how much RAM you need.

If your app groves or you need more RAM/CPU, you can always upgrade you Droplet which will give you more space (keep in mind, once you select droplet with more disk space, you can’t downgrade to previous).

If you run out of disk space but you’re OK with RAM/CPU you have, you can consider Block Storage. Block Storage will allow you to create volume with space starting from 1 GB, to maximum of 16 TB. You use it normally like any other disk, which you can attach/detach and resize anymore. You can learn more about Block Storage here.

hibouzorg · Answer

Cordial saludo.Soy Jesus, Ingeniero y fundador de la compañía, nos dedicamos al desarrollo web y queremos ampliar nuestro portafolio de servicios, ahora tambien queremos ofrecer el servicio de Hosting. Tenemos contratada una gota como prototipo para nuestro nuevo servicio. Queremos ofrecer los siguientes planes: Basico Premium EmpresarialQueremos contratar inicialmente la gota de 1GB, 1vCPU, 25GB. Tengo una duda con respecto al almacenamiento. En caso del plan premium, queremos ofrecer 20GB de almacenamiento SSD. El VPS tiene 25GB, alcanzaría solo para 1 cliente, en caso de tener mas clientes, como hacemos para ampliar el tamaño del disco de almacenamiento, sin tener que cambiar la Gota. Veo que tienen un servicio block storage volumes. En este caso al adquirir un volumen, Puedo alojar mas clientes en esa misma gota ?. Quisiera conocer mas sobre este servicio o que me recomiendan para poder ofrecer este servicio de Hosting y poder contratarlos a ustedes ya que llevo mas de 1 año usando gotas de Digital Ocean en proyectos personales y me ha gustado mucho, no quisiera cambiarlos. Me Pueden ayudar a orientar mi idea o que me recomiendan para vender Hosting Web.Muchas Gracias quedo atento.

alexdo · Answer

Hello, all

Choosing the right Droplet plan depends on your workload. An oversized Droplet would underuse its resources and cost more, but an undersized Droplet running at full CPU or memory would suffer from degraded performance or errors.

You can also resize a Droplet to a larger plan after creation, including resizing to a larger Droplet plan of a different kind. For example, you can resize from a Basic Droplet plan to a larger CPU-Optimized Droplet plan. See the Droplet pricing page for a full list of plans and prices.

You can always check our tutorial on Choosing the Right Droplet Plan

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/resources/choose-plan/

Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex

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