How-to guide on DigitalOcean Block Storage for backups?

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We now have a howto for using DigitalOcean Block Storage:

Moving uploads and backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage

So you want to move all uploads and backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage? Before you do this, though, you might instead consider Using Object Storage for Uploads (S3 & Clones). It is no more complicated to set up and provides some other advantages. Setup a Discourse instance on DigitalOcean Setup a Discourse instance on DigitalOcean using our official guide. Add a Volume to your droplet Add a block storage volume to your droplet. Note down the name of the volume. In my case the name of the…