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Can I resize a Digitalocean droplet without things breaking :-)?
No, you can not. Here is their FAQ on the implications on resizing your droplets (including potential downtime): https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/resize/
The downtime from resizing varies depending how much disk is in use. This is true even when only resizing CPU and RAM only because the Droplet may move to a new hypervisor, which transfers disk data over the network.
Ah I'm sorry, my question wasn't really clear. Can I resize a droplet, downtime in mind, with forge continuing service after the the resize is done?
The answer: it is completely possible!
The server will continue to run smoothly!
@marijnbent Will forge complain during the time period of turning off the server -> resize > turning on ?
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