国内云服务器提供快照（Snapshot）这一项功能的很少，不过使用其他是非常的方便的，可以说是备份以及环境配置的利器。DigitalOcean一直是免费向客户提供这一服务，近期DO官方发布消息决定将于2016年11月1日起对这一服务开始收费，收费的标准为0.05美元/G/月，计费采用小时制计费。另外，官方会在10月1日时另外发布提醒，如果你有不需要的Snapshot，请尽快关闭这一项功能。不过对于那些不经常备份的来说，开启可能要好一些，毕竟还是要多一份保障嘛。

官方邮件如下，

Snapshots billing update

We are in the process of making updates to our snapshot policy and wanted to let you know what you will be seeing.

Starting October 1, 2016, we will begin charging for snapshot storage at $0.05 per gigabyte per month. This will first be lected in the invoice posted to your account on November 1, 2016. Like other features, snapshot storage uses hourly pricing, and size is calculated from a compressed version of the snapshot—not the total disk space allocated to the Droplet.

Also, you can now take Droplet snapshots without having to power off the Droplet. You can see this in action by taking a snapshot of a Droplet while it’s still running.

Over the coming weeks, we will update the Snapshots page to show the costs associated with your snapshot storage more easily and we’ll also send another reminder before charges begin on October 1, 2016. Be sure to see your usage on the Snapshots page and delete unused snapshots to avoid any unexpected charges.

In the meantime, if you have any questions or feedback about the upcoming changes, you can always open a ticket and our Support team will be glad to help.opening a support ticket.

Thanks,
Team DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean各个节点到国内速度并不是很理想，不过服务器的稳定性还是不错的，目前digitalocean已经拥有旧金山、新加坡、纽约、伦敦、法兰克福、阿姆斯特丹、印度等数据中心，其中印度节点是近期新增加的，对于国内的线路不好。现在国人选择较多的还是旧金山数据中心，速度还算是不错的。

目前DigitalOcean对于国人注册管理的还是非常严格的，基本上需要提交身份信息进行认证，具体的可以参考：新注册DigitalOcean账户被锁怎么办？对于其他的信息，还可以参考下面的内容：

1、digitalocean美国vps主机 旧金山数据中心简单测试

2、DigitalOcean重装系统、重置root密码、删除主机的方法