Scaling your VPS

Scaling Your VPS

As your needs grow, you can easily scale your VPS resources. Learn about vertical and horizontal scaling options.

Vertical Scaling (Resize)

Increase resources on your existing server.

How to Resize

Go to your server in the dashboard
Click Resize
Select a larger plan
Choose resize type:
- CPU/RAM only - Quick, minimal downtime
- Full resize - Includes disk, requires more time
Confirm and wait for completion

What Changes

Resource	Can Increase	Can Decrease
CPU	Yes	Yes
RAM	Yes	Yes
Disk	Yes	No*

*Disk can only increase, not decrease

Downtime

CPU/RAM resize: ~1-2 minutes
Disk resize: ~1 minute per GB

Horizontal Scaling (Load Balancing)

Distribute traffic across multiple servers.

When to Use

High traffic websites
High availability requirements
Separating concerns (web, database, cache)

Architecture Example

                    ┌─────────────┐
                    │   Load      │
                    │  Balancer   │
                    └──────┬──────┘
                           │
           ┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
           │               │               │
     ┌─────┴─────┐   ┌─────┴─────┐   ┌─────┴─────┐
     │  Web 1    │   │  Web 2    │   │  Web 3    │
     └───────────┘   └───────────┘   └───────────┘

When to Scale

Upgrade when you see:

CPU consistently above 80%
RAM usage above 90%
Disk space running low
Slow response times

Monitor with:

Built-in dashboard metrics
htop command
df -h for disk space
Application performance monitoring

Cost Optimization

Start small and scale as needed
Use monitoring to right-size
Consider reserved instances for predictable workloads
Scale down during low-traffic periods