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Hey - I'm wondering what we can do to speed up the site overall?  I've been noticing it's a bit sluggish on a fresh page load.  And ahrefs is flagging most pages as slow loading.

Do you think increasing the droplet size would help?  We're currently on the cheapest level:  512MB memory, 0.5TB transfer. (costs almost nothing).  I'm thinking up it to: Basic, Regular Intel, 2GB Memory, 3TB transfer.  $18/month.  Might be overkill, but it's still pretty cheap.  

Is that that move?  Any other ideas?

If increasing droplet size, it says I have to turn off our droplet for the upgrade. I assume that means a brief downtime.  Is it just a matter of turning it off, upgrading, then turning back on, and only down for a few minutes?  (I'm not very familiar with DO).
Brian Casel
May 17th, 2023, 6:39pm UTC
Hey - I'm wondering what we can do to speed up the site overall?  I've been noticing it's a bit sluggish on a fresh page load.  And ahrefs is flagging most pages as slow loading.

Do you think increasing the droplet size would help?  We're currently on the cheapest level:  512MB memory, 0.5TB transfer. (costs almost nothing).  I'm thinking up it to: Basic, Regular Intel, 2GB Memory, 3TB transfer.  $18/month.  Might be overkill, but it's still pretty cheap.  

Is that that move?  Any other ideas?

If increasing droplet size, it says I have to turn off our droplet for the upgrade. I assume that means a brief downtime.  Is it just a matter of turning it off, upgrading, then turning back on, and only down for a few minutes?  (I'm not very familiar with DO).
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