Server Usage

Load testing is a good way to see how your site is able to handle requests from visitors. But stress testing can help identify the Read More >

An important aspect of managing a website is benchmark testing in order to determine how it performs while under stress. This can help you identify Read More >

Being a good System Administrator for your dedicated hosting service can be a tedious and time-consuming chore. However, If you follow some basic principles and Read More >

Account Resource Overage This article is geared for customers who may have exceeded normal usage for their server. While upgrading is an option, many of Read More >

Instead of skipping to how to restart your Linux server, read the entirety of the guide for better understanding of the pros and cons.  A Read More >

In this article, I’m going to discuss why having large surges in traffic going to a site not optimized for that level of traffic can Read More >

If you notice you are not able to connect to your cPanel, Webmail, or WHM and your website is slow and giving errors, your server Read More >

In this article we’ll review what steps you can take if your server’s load average is spiking, to help determine the root cause of the Read More >

In this article we’ll discuss how you can setup a small server load monitoring bash script with a scheduled cron job to monitor your server’s Read More >

In this article we’ll discuss how you can limit the CPU usage of an intensive task and spread it out over a longer period of Read More >

In this article, we’ll discuss more advanced methods for checking on your server’s load averages to help determine at what times your server’s usage might Read More >

When managing your account, you will need to learn how to view your CPU usage in cPanel. Knowing this information will help you understand how Read More >

Any time our systems administrators flag your account for excessive resource usage, we try to provide the option to either reduce your website CPU usage, Read More >

In this article we’ll review how you can locate possibly problematic user agents from requests on your site, that could be causing additional resource usage Read More >

While Minecraft has dedicated server support, some users prefer to set up their own Minecraft server. There are a number of advantages of setting up Read More >

NGINX is not only a popular reverse proxy option, it’s a complete standalone web server. In this article, you’ll learn some NGINX basics to get Read More >

Laravel is a free, open-source PHP framework used for software development that can be installed on both Linux personal computers and servers. While installing Laravel Read More >

In this article we’ll discuss why in some cases running chat software on your hosting account might lead to problems. Typically on a dedicated server, Read More >

If you’ve interacted with the internet in any capacity you’ve seen the word cache or caching. But what is caching and why are people telling Read More >

In the previous article we talked about CPU and memory usage. Now that you have a basic understanding of server resources, we going to cover Read More >

Why We Monitor Servers InMotion Hosting’s system administrators monitor our servers 24 hours a day 7 days a week to ensure the health of all Read More >

There comes a time in every server’s life when it is time to retire. This is known as the server’s EOL, or End Of Life. Read More >

InMotion Hosting servers are now using SSDs. SSDs or Solid State Drives are a type of hard drive that uses no mechanical parts. The memory Read More >