April 2021 Summaries

In April, DigitalOcean focused on enhancing its infrastructure and services to improve performance, scalability, and efficiency for users' applications. Key updates include the availability of Premium AMD Droplets in six additional regions, resizing options between regular and Premium Intel Droplets re-enabled in NYC3 and SGP1, Managed Databases now supporting Droplets with dedicated vCPUs, new preconfigured 1-Click Apps in the Marketplace, new capabilities for Kubernetes clusters, and updates to DigitalOcean's OpenAPI Specification, website for technical documentation, Command Line Interface (CLI), and Terraform Provider.

WordPress is a widely used content management system (CMS) and is utilized by over 40% of the top 10 million websites globally. Many DigitalOcean users also employ WordPress for their website development. To facilitate ease of use, DigitalOcean offers a WordPress 1-Click App in its Marketplace. The app employs MySQL database to store all website data such as user credentials, posts, comments, etc. Previously, maintaining the MySQL database was the responsibility of users. However, managing MySQL within the 1-Click App has become simpler with the new integration with Managed Databases for MySQL. This service handles provisioning, management, scaling, updates, backups, and security of your database clusters, allowing users to focus on website development. The pricing for Managed MySQL begins at $15 per month. DigitalOcean encourages users to try this new integration between WordPress and Managed MySQL and provide feedback.

DigitalOcean has expanded its Managed Databases to support General Purpose Droplets, Storage-Optimized Droplets, and Memory-Optimized Droplets. Previously, the service only supported Basic Droplets. The new Droplet types offer 100% dedicated vCPUs and are suitable for mission-critical workloads. Managed Databases with General Purpose Droplets can be used for business applications like e-commerce sites and enterprise SaaS apps, while Storage-Optimized Droplets are ideal for large, high-performance PostgreSQL or MySQL clusters requiring significant storage. Memory-Optimized Droplets provide twice the RAM of General Purpose Droplets, making them suitable for memory-intensive business applications. Pricing details and regional availability information can be found on DigitalOcean's website.