OFFSHORE VPS / BUILD
Build.
A working app and its next release.
An application with background jobs or a small database. Leave memory for the operating system and deploy process.
Start with these resources.
- Compute
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 50 GB
- Transfer budget
- 2 TB
Adjust resources, image, network options and the service period in the configurator. Choose Malaysia, Romania or Switzerland as the server location, with no location surcharge. Backup countries remain unconfirmed.
Plan around the whole workload.
Memory is shared by every process on the instance. Include database caches, job queues and your deployment process, and test at an expected busy period.
Build a resource budget →Know what you own.
Plan for application security, updates, observability and an independent recovery process. If you select a backup option, review the restore procedure and test it against your application.
Prepare your first restore drill →More room for an app, database and background task.
Build is a useful comparison point for an API that also runs a database or a small background task. Treat each process as part of the same budget. A web request can compete with a report export, while the next release briefly needs memory and disk space of its own.
A worked starting point
An illustrative reading-list API accepts entries and creates a nightly export. Observe the API during ordinary use, then during the export and a release. Record whether the delay comes from CPU work, a query or storage. Add a specific option only when it addresses the measured constraint.
When this starting point is a poor fit
More RAM does not make two overlapping jobs safe, and another vCPU cannot resolve a request waiting on an external API. Put a limit on concurrent work before increasing resources. Consider separating components when they need different access, maintenance or recovery boundaries.
Give every option a job.
The base configuration contains 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB storage, a 2 TB transfer budget and 1 IPv4 address. IPv6 is requested separately and no backup option is selected by default. These are catalogue allocations; confirm the actual supplier’s hardware, counting and restore rules.
- Memory: leave room for the operating system, runtime, database and observed peaks. Adding 1 GB to Build gives a monthly subtotal of $15.50 before term savings.
- CPU: compare the processes doing work and their concurrency. It does not describe a guaranteed processor model or requests per second.
- Storage and transfer: budget retained data separately from the bytes you move. Off-server exports may use both.
- Backups and networking: define the data you need back and the addresses your application uses. Selecting an option does not document the operating procedure for you.
Make the first review concrete.
Record a normal operating period, one heavier task and one release. Note memory available, the largest growing directories and the result of a local application check. Keep a small change log so an unexpected result has a starting point. Then compare the selected period’s whole upfront total in the configurator; a longer term changes the price, not the resources.
Work through a first API budget → · Build a resource worksheet · Check catalogue facts and service boundaries