# Decoupled Discourse Application - Managed Redis, Managed Postgres, and DIgital Ocean Volume with Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/decoupled-discourse-application-managed-redis-managed-postgres-and-digital-ocean-volume-with-discourse/179546
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [February 13, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/decoupled-discourse-application-managed-redis-managed-postgres-and-digital-ocean-volume-with-discourse/179546 "2021-02-13T04:12:52Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/decoupled-discourse-application-managed-redis-managed-postgres-and-digital-ocean-volume-with-discourse/179546/4 "2021-02-13T17:44:22Z")

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> [@Bmorrical](#):
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> My next step is to move the /var/discourse to a Digital Ocean volume that the Discourse application servers can share. Would you just mount the Volume and symlink the directories?

Why?

Put all static assets and user uploads on Digital Ocean Spaces following [Using Object Storage for Uploads (S3 & Clones)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-object-storage-for-uploads-s3-clones/148916) and your app servers won’t need to share anything.

One thing to keep in mind is that with multiple app droplets, managed Redis, PostgreSQL and Object Storage the price gets pretty close to our [managed hosting](https://discourse.org/buy) 😉

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