July 2016 Summaries

Block Storage is now live at DigitalOcean, allowing developers to add additional disk space to their Droplets. The new service is designed to be simple and intuitive, with a pricing model based on capacity only. Block Storage stores data on separate hardware, replicated multiple times across different racks, reducing the risk of data loss in case of hardware failure. Users can scale up and resize volumes from 1GB to 16TB, and move them between Droplets via the control panel or API. Data is encrypted at rest and transmitted over isolated networks. The service is currently available in NYC1 and SFO2 regions, with FRA1 expected to follow soon. Users will see a new Volumes tab in their dashboard, allowing easy management of their volumes. Automated provisioning options are also available using the volumes API or doctl command-line client.

Click below to sign up and get $200 of credit to try our products over 60 days!Sign up. Our second West Coast datacenter, SFO2, is now live, joining the popular SFO1, enabling developers to build more resilient infrastructure by scaling across multiple datacenters in the same region. This move aims to reduce application downtime and increase fault-tolerant infrastructure design possibilities. The new datacenter comes equipped with a latest hypervisor design and 40GbE networking, introducing Block Storage as a feature on day one of general availability. With this launch, we offer both new features and greater reliability, making it one of our most exciting datacenter launches yet.