How do I scale my server up or down?

1. In the panel, open My servers and click your server.
2. Open the Size tab.
3. Use the sliders to set RAM, CPU and disk. The new monthly price shows right away.
4. Click Scale up or Scale down. Scaling up takes you to payment. A scale-down is scheduled right away.

Scaling up

• It applies after payment. Your server restarts once on its own and comes back at the new size. The disk grows at the same time.
• You are only invoiced the difference for the remaining days.
• Your server isn't deleted, and your data and IP address stay the same.

Scaling down

• It is scheduled for the end of the term you have paid for. Your current size keeps running until then.
• If you change your mind, click Cancel scale-down on the Size tab.
• That day your server restarts once on its own. Memory and CPU go down, and you pay less from the next term.
• The disk isn't shrunk. Your disk and its data stay as they are.

Which size is right for me?

You don't need the biggest one. Start small and scale up if it isn't enough. RAM goes from 1 GB to 256 GB and CPU from 1 to 48 vCores. You choose the disk separately.

A note on apps

Some apps have their own memory setting that doesn't update itself when the size changes: the MySQL and MariaDB cache, and the worker count in Python and Rails apps. To get the full benefit of the new size, you change that setting yourself.