TABLE OF CONTENTS


1. Overview

  • You can change your server plan at any time
  • Upgrade for more resources or downgrade for fewer resources
  • Changes take effect immediately
  • Billing adjusts from the point of change
  • Can change between VPS and dedicated server plans
  • Server cost adjusts to reflect plan changes

Change your plan here - https://www.binarylane.com.au/mpanel/change-plan


2. Billing and Pricing

You are only billed for the resources allocated to your server as long as it has them - for example, if you increase your server's memory over the weekend, then decrease memory after the weekend, you'll only be billed for those extra resources while they were allocated to your server.


3. Data Preservation

No data will be lost when you change your plan. The only thing that will change is the amount of resources available to your server. The IP address, configurations, and contents of the disk will remain intact.


4. Requirements and Limitations

4.1 Reboot Requirement


Important: Changing memory, CPU cores, and disk space requires a reboot of the VPS to effect the change.


4.2 Downgrade Requirements

Downgrading your plan or storage requires enough free storage space on the current plan to accommodate the new plan. The system will not allow you to downgrade if there is not enough free space.


Recommendation: It is recommended to back up your data before downgrading your plan to avoid data loss due to insufficient storage space.


4.3 Downgrade Example

Example of a downgrade that requires enough free storage space:

If you are on a 4GB plan with 100GB storage and you want to downgrade to a 2GB plan with 50GB storage, you will need to have less than roughly 40GB of data stored on your current plan to accommodate downgrading to the 50GB storage plan. This is because the operating system services and any applications running on the server usually create some temporary files that take up space on the disk when the server is online.


5. Plan Types

5.1 Standard VPS Plans

  • Memory, storage, and IPs can be modified independently of each other
  • You can upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time
  • Full customisation flexibility


5.2 CPU Optimised Plans

  • Provide dedicated threads that boost to 4GHz+
  • Designed for processor-intensive workloads
  • Balanced CPU, memory, and storage allocation
  • Upgrade/downgrade only in tandem with CPU, memory, and storage
  • Storage alone can be modified if you have the lowest/highest storage option for that plan level


5.3 HDD Storage Plans

  • Designed for high-capacity slow archival purposes
  • Upgrade/downgrade only in tandem with memory and storage
  • Cost-effective for large storage requirements


5.4 Dedicated Server Plans

  • Fixed configuration with limited customisation options
  • Each plan has fixed memory and CPU cores
  • Two storage size options per plan
  • Can upgrade/downgrade storage between the two options
  • Cannot change memory or CPU cores within the same plan
  • Can upgrade/downgrade between different dedicated server plans
  • Can change from dedicated server to VPS plans (or vice versa)
  • Plan changes require enough free storage space