{"id":931,"date":"2025-12-19T10:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=931"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:07:05","slug":"how-does-scaling-work-in-mybox","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-does-scaling-work-in-mybox\/","title":{"rendered":"How does scaling work in mybox?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scaling<\/strong> in hosting means automatically adjusting server resources, CPU and RAM and Storage in response to your website&#8217;s changing needs. In mybox, this capability is available on <strong>Flex Box<\/strong> and <strong>Prime Box<\/strong> through a mechanism called <strong>Elastic Scaling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-does-scaling-work-in-mybox\/#What_is_Elastic_Scaling\" >What is Elastic Scaling?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-does-scaling-work-in-mybox\/#When_Elastic_Scaling_makes_a_difference\" >When Elastic Scaling makes a difference<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-does-scaling-work-in-mybox\/#One_Box_and_resource_expansion\" >One Box and resource expansion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Elastic_Scaling\"><\/span><strong>What is Elastic Scaling?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Elastic Scaling<\/em> (<em>ES<\/em>) automatically increases available CPU, RAM and Storage when traffic exceeds the plan&#8217;s base parameters. Once the spike passes, resources return to their baseline values. No manual intervention is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Plan<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Base CPU \/ RAM\/ Storage<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Elastic Scaling ceiling<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Flex Box<\/strong><\/td><td>6 GHz \/ 4 GB RAM\/ 25 GB NVMe<\/td><td>Up to 12 GHz \/ 24 GB RAM \/ 200 GB NVMe<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Prime Box<\/strong><\/td><td>9 GHz \/ 8 GB RAM\/ 100 GB NVMe<\/td><td>Up to 24 GHz \/ 64 GB RAM \/<br>1 TB NVMe<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"mybox-2613222917\" class=\"mybox-content mybox-entity-placement\"><div class=\"early-access-banner-inpost\">\r\n  <div class=\"banner-left-inpost\">\r\n    <div class=\"icon-box-inpost\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/square-info-icon.svg\" alt=\"Info\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"text-box-inpost\">\r\n      <span class=\"label-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Early access<\/span><\/span>\r\n      <h4><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Still need help?<\/span><\/h4>\r\n      <p><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Contact our customer service team.<\/span><\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"banner-right-inpost\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\/helpdesk2\/v\/list\/\" class=\"banner-button-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Message us<\/span><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elastic Scaling is billed based on <strong>peak usage per minute<\/strong> \u2014 only the highest resource consumption recorded within each minute is counted. Spikes shorter than one second are not billed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Elastic_Scaling_makes_a_difference\"><\/span><strong>When Elastic Scaling makes a difference<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without scaling, a website that receives more traffic than its server can handle will slow down or become temporarily unavailable. Elastic Scaling ensures that short-term traffic increases \u2014 such as a promotional campaign, a product launch, or a seasonal spike \u2014 do not affect availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is particularly relevant for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Online stores<\/strong> during sales periods or holiday traffic peaks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Content websites<\/strong> after a post goes viral or gets picked up by a larger publication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Service pages<\/strong> running time-limited campaigns with unpredictable reach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"One_Box_and_resource_expansion\"><\/span><strong>One Box and resource expansion<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One Box<\/strong> does not include Elastic Scaling. Resources on the free plan can be expanded manually through <strong>add-ons<\/strong> \u2014 extra CPU, RAM, or storage purchased individually from the<a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\"> mybox Store<\/a>. Add-ons increase the fixed base parameters but do not scale automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When add-on limits are reached, upgrading to Flex Box provides both higher base parameters and automatic scaling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\/store\/v\/index\/\">See available add-ons for One Box<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-onethird-callout-box onethird-callout-wrap\"><div class=\"onethird-callout onethird-callout--hint\" style=\"--ot-bg:#EAFFF7;--ot-border:#C8E8D8;--ot-text:#6F7C88;--ot-title:#384048;--ot-body:#6F7C88;--ot-icon:#384048;border-radius:6px;padding:16px\"><div class=\"onethird-callout__head\"><span class=\"onethird-callout__icon\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#384048\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M2 10h4v12H2V10zm20 1c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-6.31l.95-4.57.02-.2c0-.26-.11-.5-.29-.68L13.17 2 7.59 7.59C7.22 7.95 7 8.45 7 9v11c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h8c.82 0 1.54-.5 1.84-1.22l3.02-7.05c.09-.23.14-.47.14-.73v-2z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><div class=\"onethird-callout__title\">Early Access (R1)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"onethird-callout__body\">Add-ons are available in early access and are free during this phase. <strong>Flex Box<\/strong> and <strong>Prime Box, <\/strong>including Elastic Scaling, are not yet available in early access.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"onethird-callout__separator\" style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[17,25],"manual_kb_tag":[405,1154,588,1155,771,1156,791,1157,1142,1158,1143,1159,1144,1160,1145,1161,1146,1147,1148,242,1149,291,1150,293,1151,310,1152,313,1153],"class_list":["post-931","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-elastic-web-hosting","manualknowledgebasecat-hosting","manual_kb_tag-website-availability","manual_kb_tag-cost-optimization","manual_kb_tag-website","manual_kb_tag-pay-as-you-go","manual_kb_tag-server-resources","manual_kb_tag-hosting-security","manual_kb_tag-flexibility","manual_kb_tag-ecommerce-hosting","manual_kb_tag-hosting-scalability","manual_kb_tag-streaming-services-hosting","manual_kb_tag-public-cloud","manual_kb_tag-mobile-app-hosting","manual_kb_tag-private-cloud","manual_kb_tag-clustered-servers","manual_kb_tag-hybrid-cloud","manual_kb_tag-elastic-resources","manual_kb_tag-vertical-scaling","manual_kb_tag-horizontal-scaling","manual_kb_tag-autoscaling","manual_kb_tag-mybox","manual_kb_tag-dynamic-scaling","manual_kb_tag-scalable-hosting","manual_kb_tag-server-monitoring","manual_kb_tag-performance-optimization","manual_kb_tag-load-balancing","manual_kb_tag-resource-monitoring","manual_kb_tag-high-availability","manual_kb_tag-cloud-hosting","manual_kb_tag-web-performance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4045,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/931\/revisions\/4045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}