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Server Usage
Website Stress Testing Methodologies
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 >
Best Practices for System Administrators
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 >
Resource Overage
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 >
How to Restart Your Linux Server (3 Easy Methods)
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 >
Large Surges in Traffic Going to a Site Not Optimized for That Level of Traffic.
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 >
How to find what is using the most disk space on my server
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 >
How to Determine the cause of a Server Usage Spike
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 >
Create server load monitoring bash script
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 >
Limit CPU usage of intensive tasks
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 >
Advanced Server Load Monitoring
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 >
How Can I View My CPU Usage in cPanel?
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 >
What is Excessive Server Resource Usage and How to Fix it
When you use more resources than your server or hosting plan is capable of handling, it can result in problems such as slow website load Read More >
Manage Your Server to Avoid Overselling Server Resources
If you are a reseller, web designer, or simply running multiple cPanels in WebHost Manager (WHM), it’s important that you avoid overselling your account or Read More >
Locate problematic user agents
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 >
How to Install Minecraft on Ubuntu
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 Basics For Debian Server
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 >
How to Set Up Laravel
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 >
Chat software can cause high usage
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 >
Understanding Caching
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 >
Common causes of accounts that use excessive resources
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 >
Understanding Server Loads
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 >
Enabling raw access log archiving in cPanel
In this article we’ll discuss the ability to archive your raw access logs so that you can investigate the requests happening on your website at Read More >
What to expect during a mass server migration
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 >
What are Solid State Drives (SSDs)?
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 >