In the eCommerce landscape, Magento and Shopware webshops often experience both busy and quiet periods. It’s similar to physical stores where certain days and times attract more visitors. 

For a Magento online store during peak moments, there is a greater need for server resources compared to quieter periods. At Hypernode, we offer customers the ability to automatically upgrade and downgrade their hosting plan, ensuring they always have the extra resources they need.

Vertical Autoscaling is triggered based on conditions that you set. Do you want to mark the Hypernode as overloaded on 70% or 90% of CPU load? Should the CPU be overloaded for 5min or 40min before triggering the autoscaling process? You have flexibility to set those thresholds by yourself.

The additional cost is equivalent to what you would pay for one day on a larger plan. It’s important to note that the Vertical Autoscaling feature itself is entirely free of charge.

Regardless of the number of times your Hypernode was autoscaled, you will go back to your initial plan after 24 hours from your initial upgrade.

We employ a live volume swapping method, where we install a new Hypernode without copying the data over the network to the new hosting environment. Next, we detach the volume using the API and mount it on the new machine before adjusting the DNS. This process is similar to swapping a hard drive from one computer to a larger one. 

This approach offers significant time savings, particularly in scenarios where numerous files on the disk can change during a traditional migration, resulting in longer downtime during the second synchronization.