Introducing Premium Memory-Optimized and Premium Storage-Optimized Droplets for Faster Networking Performance

A core part of our mission at DigitalOcean is to support you as you grow—from idea, to business, and beyond. This means giving you more specialized solutions that enable you to run your applications with performance and stability you can trust.

DigitalOcean Droplets are Linux-based virtual machines (VMs) that run on top of virtualized hardware. Each Droplet you create is a new server you can use, either standalone or as part of a larger, cloud-based infrastructure. In addition to our Regular variants, we are excited to announce that we now offer Premium Memory-Optimized Droplets and Premium Storage-Optimized Droplets to continue addressing your business needs.

Get to know Premium Memory-Optimized and Premium Storage-Optimized Droplets

Premium Memory-Optimized Droplets are best suited for memory-intensive applications, like high-performance SQL or NoSQL databases, large in-memory caches and indexes, real-time big data processing, and applications with large JVM requirements.

Premium Storage-Optimized Droplets are most fitting for large data set applications such as NoSQL databases, data warehouses, monitoring and analytics applications.

The following capabilities are included in Premium Memory-Optimized and Premium Storage-Optimized Droplets out of the box:

• Up to 10 Gbps* of outbound data transfer: For bandwidth-intensive use-cases, such as streaming and gaming, the benefits of high performance hardware can only be maximized when the processed data is transferred to the endpoint quickly. With 5X higher outbound network speeds when compared to their Regular variant, the new Premium Memory-Optimized and Storage-Optimized Droplets make delivering high-quality digital experiences easier than ever.

Faster Droplets, same simplicity

Premium Memory-Optimized and Premium Storage-Optimized Droplets provide a simple and easy-to-use cloud experience for builders and businesses. With today’s launch, when you go to the control panel to spin up Droplets, you’ll see a new option for Premium Intel within our CPU-Optimized plan. To learn more about Premium Memory-Optimized and Premium Storage-Optimized Droplets check out our product documentation.

Spin up Premium Memory-Optimized and Storage-Optimized Droplets today!

Premium Memory-Optimized Droplets and Premium Storage-Optimized Droplets are now available in BLR1, FRA1, NYC1, NYC3, SFO2, SYD1, and TOR1 datacenters, with more coming soon.

Spin up a Premium Memory-Optimized Droplet or Premium Storage-Optimized Droplet now or switch from Regular to Premium. Always know what you’ll pay with our simple, predictable pricing model.

If you’d like to have a conversation about using DigitalOcean in your business, contact our sales team.

*The benchmark CPU, network and file I/O performance numbers are based on DigitalOcean’s internal testing framework and parameters, using an 8 vCPU Droplet. Actual performance numbers may vary depending on a variety of factors such as system configuration, operating environment, and type of workloads.