# 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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Your cpu is all but idle. If you aren’t experiencing trouble don’t go looking for it.

If you’re asking someone else for next year’s budget, tell them it’s time. 🙂

You could also add a CDN for likely less than increasing the droplet size would cost. It might help, especially if users are far away from the server.

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