If you need to move a lot of files between DO server you can move these through SCP over the internal private Digital Ocean network.

NB both droplets need to be within the same region

To do this you need:

1. enable private network for each droplet (if not done at creation, note the droplet needs to be off for this to be enabled once live)
2. ensure that eth1 is enabled for both droplets if not already - see https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-enable-digitalocean-private-networking-on-existing-droplets
3. scp files from the source server to the destination server are sent like:

Hi there! Since this post was originally written, nvm has gained some new tools, and some people have suggested alternative (and potentially better) approaches for modern systems. Make sure to have a look at the comments to this article, before following this guide!

Trickier than it seems.