Question

Is using Digital Ocean for Machine Learning against its Usage Terms ?

Posted on March 28, 2019
Machine Learning
Asked by SamyDo

I want to create a high performance droplet to use for Machine Learning. The droplet will probably keep running at 100% CPU for a couple of days. I want to know if this is ok ? I have read that a lot of people were complaining that their accounts got blocked after intense cpu usage. I obviously don’t want that, as I have other important running droplets.

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jarland

DigitalOcean Employee

• March 28, 2019

Accepted Answer

Greetings!

As long as you’re using our CPU Optimized droplets, this is completely fine and actually one of the use cases we were thinking of when we deployed them.

Jarland

Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• January 27, 2024

Hello!

In addition to what has already been mentioned, DigitalOcean Droplets traditionally do not come with GPU capabilities.

However, DigitalOcean has recently partnered with Paperspace to offer GPU-based virtual machines. Paperspace provides powerful GPU resources suitable for tasks requiring high-end graphics processing. You can explore this new offering for GPU capabilities and find detailed specifications at DigitalOcean’s Paperspace page.

If GPU processing is a critical aspect of your application, this new integration could be an ideal solution.

Best,

Bobby

SamyDo • March 28, 2019

Hello, got it. Thanks for the answer!