Why Downgrades Are Disabled
Shrinking a virtual disk is just as risky as shrinking a physical drive—partitions must be resized perfectly or data can be lost. To avoid accidental corruption, EDBB only allows upgrades.
- VPS storage is provisioned at the plan’s full size.
- Lowering disk size mid-flight doesn’t guarantee consistency.
- Other resources (CPU/RAM) are tied to the plan profile, so rolling back would require reprovisioning anyway.
Safe Path to a Smaller Footprint
1
Deploy the new plan
Order the smaller VPS tier alongside your current service.
2
Migrate workloads
Move data using backups, rsync, snapshots, or application-level exports. Test the new instance thoroughly.
3
Retire the original VPS
Once satisfied, cancel the old service. This avoids disk resizing risks and keeps downtime minimal.