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title: Resource upgrades
description: Add CPU, RAM, or disk to your container without migrating to a different plan.
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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 per container** — visible on the Sites page as **CPU per Container (cores)** (default `0.25`). Add cores for sustained-compute workloads.
- **RAM per container** — visible on the Sites page as **Memory per Container (MB)** (default `256`). For memory-hungry apps (caches, large WordPress sites with many plugins, Node apps holding big in-memory state).
- **Number of containers** — scale a busy site horizontally from 1 up to 10 replicas; WHP load-balances traffic across them.
- **Persistent disk** — for sites that store a lot of files (media libraries, user uploads, etc.).

## When you might need this

- **High CPU on busy days.** Sustained-load sites consistently hit the per-container CPU cap during peak hours.
- **"Out of memory" errors** in your app log.
- **Disk usage approaching 80%** of your allocation. Get ahead of it — full disks cause backup failures and uploads to fail.

## How to enable

For per-container CPU/RAM upgrades, edit the values directly on the **Sites** page for the site you want to change, and click **Save**. For account-wide upgrades (more total RAM, more total disk), open the [client portal](https://secure.anhonesthost.com/clientarea.php), go to your hosting service → **Upgrade/Downgrade**, and pick the resource increment.

## See your current usage

Open the **Dashboard** page in WHP. The **Server Information** and account stats show what you're consuming. For per-site usage, open a site from the **Sites** page.

## Related

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

## Still stuck?

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