Machine Types

Machine type is the set of virtualized hardware resources used for a virtual machine (VM) instance.

Machine type dictates the memory size, virtual CPU count, and CPU type which is either shared CPU or dedicated CPU.

MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL

All managed databases are deployed onto Droplets. You can choose to deploy your managed database on a Droplet with a CPU that is shared with other DigitalOcean users, or deploy it on a machine with a dedicated CPU.

Learn more about shared CPU vs. dedicated CPU and the best use cases for each kind of plan in Choosing the Right Droplet Plan.

Machine Type	CPU	vCPUs	Memory
Basic	Shared	1 - 8	1 - 16 GB RAM
General Purpose	Dedicated	2 - 40	8 - 160 GB RAM 4 GB RAM / vCPU
Storage-Optimized	Dedicated	2 - 32	16 - 256 GB RAM 8 GB RAM / vCPU 150 - 225 GB SSD / vCPU

Review the region availability matrix to see which machine types are available for each region.

Caching

All managed databases are deployed onto Droplets. You can choose to deploy your managed database on a Droplet with a CPU that is shared with other DigitalOcean users, or deploy it on a machine with a dedicated CPU.

Learn more about shared CPU vs. dedicated CPU and the best use cases for each kind of plan in Choosing the Right Droplet Plan.

Machine Type	CPU	vCPUs	Memory
Basic	Shared	1 - 8	1 - 16 GB RAM
Memory-Optimized	Dedicated	2 - 32	16 - 256 GB RAM

Review the region availability matrix to see which machine types are available for each region.