Category: shared hosting

Shared hosting is the most used and demanding web hosting solution. It’s ideal for bloggers, startups, portfolios, small business users, etc.

Shared hosting allows sharing of resources with other users on the server. Likewise, on shared hosting servers there are a finite amount of resources available for usage allocated to every user.

This tutorial will help you to check your shared web hosting server usage stats:

Steps to view your current usage in real-time:

To monitor your website’s current resource usage stats:

Note: displays may vary depending on individual usage on the server.

1. You have to log in to your website’s cPanel.
2. After logging, you have to scroll down to the bottom section and wait on Metrics >> Resource Usage.

After clicking on “Resource Usage”. You will be redirected to resources usage page where you’ll monitor in and out of usage.

After landing on resources usage page, you can click on “Details”.           

After clicking on details button, you’ll get the resource usage detail >> where you’ve to click on time and period to get usage information.

Last, you’ll get the diagrams and tables showing detailed usage statistics.

Legend:

These terms are all related to monitoring resource usage on a system, likely a web server. Here’s a breakdown of each:

• cpuf (CPU faults): This indicates the average CPU usage in terms of the percentage of faults. Faults are interruptions that cause the CPU to switch tasks. A higher cpuf value suggests the CPU is busy handling requests.
• epf (entry processes faults): This refers to the average number of concurrent web server request faults. These faults occur when the server tries to handle new requests. A high epf might indicate the server is overloaded with incoming requests.
• vmemf (virtual memory faults): This represents the maximum amount of memory allocated by process faults. Process faults happen when a program needs memory that isn’t readily available in physical RAM. A high vmemf could suggest the system is relying heavily on virtual memory, which can slow down performance.
• NprocF (new processes faults): This indicates the number of faults related to creating new processes. A high NprocF might signify the frequent creation of new processes, which could put a strain on system resources.
• Pmemf (physical memory faults): This refers to faults that occur due to processes allocating too much memory, causing the system to be unable to serve new client requests. High Pmemf suggests potential memory leaks or applications using excessive memory.
• Iof (Input/Output faults): This indicates faults related to data write operations exceeding the usual time limit. High Iof could signify slow storage devices or overloaded I/O channels.

• Iopsf (Input/Output operations per second faults): This refers to faults that occur when the amount of data written per second surpasses the usual limits. Similar to Iof, high Iopsf suggests potential bottlenecks in storage or I/O operations.

By monitoring these metrics, system administrators can identify potential performance issues and resource limitations. If you’re encountering any of these terms on your server control panel, it’s a good idea to investigate further to diagnose any underlying problems.