Which Droplet should i choose to serve images very fast through HTTP request?

Posted June 10, 2021
DigitalOcean Droplets Scaling

I have to serve lot of images from server through HTTP request. I am using a Basic with 4 vCPUs droplet. But my content are not loading fast enough. Can anyone please help me out to choose a droplet which can serve a lot of images faster?

Which droplet should i choose Basic/General Purpose/CPU-Optimized/Memory-Optimized to serve content fast?

Thanks in advance.

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Bobby Iliev • June 10, 2021

Hi there,

For serving static files quicker, I would recommend using a CDN like Cloudflare or using the DigitalOcean Spaces with CDN enabled:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/how-to/enable-cdn/

That way your static content will be served from multiple locations reducing the overall latency.

Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby

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