Droplets
by DigitalOcean · Source: Official website
Linux virtual servers billed per second with a monthly cap.
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About Droplets
Droplets are DigitalOcean's Linux virtual machines, offered as Basic, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, Memory-Optimized, Storage-Optimized and GPU types with shared or dedicated vCPUs and SSD storage. They run distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux or Marketplace one-click apps, with cloud firewalls, monitoring, weekly backups, snapshots and included outbound transfer. Usage is billed per second, and Droplets are managed through the control panel, API, CLI or Terraform in data centres in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Features
- Shared and dedicated CPU
- Snapshots and backups
- Cloud firewalls
- Included bandwidth
- API and CLI
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