If you have an HTML website, it probably uses a very small amount of system resources because it is static, but that isn't the situation with dynamic database-driven websites that use PHP scripts and provide you with considerably more functions. This sort of Internet sites generate load on the website hosting server when someone browses them, due to the fact that the server needs time to execute the script, to access the database and then to provide the information requested by the visitor's web browser. A well known discussion board, for instance, stores all usernames and posts in a database, so some load is produced any time a thread is opened or a user searches for a specific term. If lots of people access the forum simultaneously, or if every single search involves checking thousands of database entries, this could produce high load and affect the functionality of the site. In this regard, CPU and MySQL load data can provide info about the site’s efficiency, as you can compare the numbers with your traffic stats to decide if the website must be optimized or moved to another kind of web hosting platform that'll be able to bear the high system load if the site is really popular.

MySQL & Load Stats in Shared Website Hosting

Using the Hepsia CP, included with all our shared website hosting offers, you'll be able to see rather comprehensive statistics concerning the system resources that your Internet sites use. One of the sections shall give you information about the CPU load, such as the amount of processing time the server spent, how much time it took for your scripts to be executed and the amount of memory they used. Statistics are consistently produced every 6 hours and you could also see the different kinds of processes that generated the most load - PHP, Perl, and so on. MySQL load stats are listed in a different section where you are able to see all the queries on a per hour, day-to-day, and so on. basis. You could go back and compare statistics from different months to find out if some update has transformed the resource usage if the number of site visitors hasn't changed much. This way, you will see if your Internet site needs to be optimized, that'll contribute to a better general performance and an improved user experience.

MySQL & Load Stats in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you would like to see detailed stats with regards to the load produced by your websites, it won't take more than a couple of clicks to do that. The Hepsia hosting CP, provided with all semi-dedicated servers which we offer, has a section committed to the system resource usage and the info there can tell you if your Internet sites operate properly and if the load they generate corresponds to the number of received visitors. The CPU load statistics include the script execution time and the length of time it took for the machine to process the requests, as well as what types of processes created the load. The MySQL statistics shall show you how frequently each database was accessed, plus everyday and by the hour data for the whole account. With both kinds of stats, you are able to check the numbers for every one of the past days and months, so you can see how the sites perform as the traffic to them grows or after you have applied some update.