# Self Hosted Forum - When to Upgrade to Larger Droplet?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources, hosting\
**Created:** [September 9, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-forum-when-to-upgrade-to-larger-droplet/278433 "2023-09-09T19:43:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![BCHK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bchk/32/3268_2.png) [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-forum-when-to-upgrade-to-larger-droplet/278433/6 "2023-09-09T20:13:45Z")

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> [@merefield](#):
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> least 5GB free.

Where do I check on this… I’m hunting around on DO to find this measure. or are you just saying don’t go much above 90% or 95% usage on a 50 gb disk droplet?

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