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title: Resource upgrades
description: Add CPU, RAM, or disk to your container without migrating to a different plan.
sidebar:
  order: 4
---

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## What it does

Boost your container's **CPU**, **RAM**, or **persistent disk** without migrating to a new plan. Useful when you've outgrown your base allocation but the next plan tier up is more than you actually need.

## What you can upgrade

Each resource is independent — upgrade only what you need.

- **CPU cores** — add cores for sustained-compute workloads.
- **RAM** — for memory-hungry apps (caches, large WordPress sites with many plugins, Node apps holding big in-memory state).
- **Persistent disk** — for sites that store a lot of files (media libraries, user uploads, backups outside our managed backup).

## When you might need this

- **High CPU on busy days.** Your **Overview → Resource usage** chart consistently hits the cap during peak hours.
- **"Out of memory" errors** in your app log or `dmesg`.
- **Disk usage approaching 80%** of your allocation — get ahead of it; full disks cause backup failures and uploads to fail.

## How to enable

From the [client portal](https://secure.anhonesthost.com/clientarea.php), open your hosting service → **Upgrade/Downgrade** → pick the resource amount. WHP applies the change usually within a minute, no downtime.

## See your current usage

In WHP, sidebar: **Overview → Resource usage**.

![WHP Resource Usage page](~/assets/screenshots/whp/whp-resources.png)

The chart shows CPU, RAM, and disk over the last 24 hours and 7 days. If you're consistently above 80% of any line, that's the one to upgrade.

## Related

- [Monitoring (AI Monitor)](/whp/add-ons/monitoring/) — catches resource saturation before customers complain.
- [Add-ons overview](/whp/add-ons/overview/)

## Still stuck?

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