Core Compute Platform

It would be great if we could download a snapshot. I would use snapshot to replicate development environment on my local computer, I believe many others will do the same. Thanks

At the moment automatic backups are taken 'every few days' (I can't find how many days exactly, but I know it's way too many). I was having the following idea: Users pay 1$ per month to enable automatic backups Depending on their plan, they have a few slots available (you'll unlock additional slots by upgrading to a better plan) You can choose your own interval (twice a day, once a day, once a week) If you run out of slots, the oldest backup will be destroyed automatically to make space for a new backup This way everyone can choose their own interval but everyone will get and pay the same.

Bring back the 96GB box!

There are situations where you are unable to login via SSH or emergency console but you still want to power off the droplet. Right now, the only way to do so is by powering off the droplet by force which leads to data corruption. Please implement what virtually every other provider usually provides, a clean shutdown that sends a signal to the virtual machine.

Right now I can start a snapshot operation with the API and get an intermediate id (an action id). I can detect when the operation is complete using the intermediate id. But at no point can I get the final snapshot id that resulted from this operation. Which means we can't actually operate on the snapshot (schedule deletion, record its size etc.) We really really need the API to return the snapshot id, either at the time the operation was initiated (ideal) or via the action endpoint after the action is marked completed. Thanks.

We should be able to: includeTags when snapshotting a droplet Provide tags: [] when snapshotting a droplet Edit tags on existing snapshots At the moment I can not find ANY way to put a tag on a droplet snapshot

Do ensure to keep your eye on your competition and keep your price competitive - Im pretty sure you know who that competition is but for clarity its AWS. Your droplet at the time of this writing, now costs more than the competition. For example your 12$ basic droplet is only 10$, Your top-tier basic plan of 16gb ram with 320gb storage already costs 112$ but the competition only costs 80$. Brand loyalty is one thing, but end of day what matters is the bottom line, and you'll lose out to competition.

It is interesting for having a production instance and a testing instance. If you could clone the production instance, you can make upgrades in the cloned instance.

Give option to purchase VPS for long term like months, years like linode does.