{"id":24174,"date":"2022-02-02T14:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/what-is-high-memory-usage\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T05:58:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T05:58:29","slug":"what-is-high-memory-usage","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/what-is-high-memory-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"What is high memory usage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Memory is your Web server\u2019s most crucial resource, which serves multiple, related purposes:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-listid=\"5\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Website data loaded into RAM loads most quickly<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-listid=\"5\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Having more RAM prevents your CPU from having to retrieve data from the hard disk as often<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-listid=\"5\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Scripts that write to memory (e.g. PHP) will have more breathing room before they run out of space<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-listid=\"5\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Increasing a Web server\u2019s RAM means that it will work more quickly and can handle more complicated tasks. This can be accomplished by upgrading to a higher package.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Plugins and scripts<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Exceeding your RAM <span style=\"color: #000000;\">limitation<\/span> is often caused by a poorly configured\u202f<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">plugins or scripts<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f(<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">cron<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0jobs) that floods the memory available to it. Increasing the RAM might improve the website\u2019s performance and stop it from generating errors, but it is possible that they will creep up again (even if it\u2019s less frequently). In this case, increasing the RAM further isn\u2019t the right solution \u2013 you need to fix the problematic element of your site.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">We will only be able to investigate the cause while the issue exists meaning, if the error no longer shows up then unfortunately we won\u2019t be able to see what caused it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">In the end, your web developer should be investigating the reason as to why the plugins are behaving the way they are.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>High volumes of traffic<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">This simply means that you received a lot of visitors to your website at a particular time which caused\u202fhigh\u202fCPU load. To see your traffic statistics, you can log into your control panel and select\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Awstats<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33025349463\/original\/m-_O9eWSaZhJVIyoRmV2wrt1qSyAN-ZXdQ.png?1557480241\" data-filelink=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33025349463\/original\/m-_O9eWSaZhJVIyoRmV2wrt1qSyAN-ZXdQ.png?1557480241\" data-fileid=\"33025349463\" data-uniquekey=\"1557480239555\" \/><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">You can also check your \u201cCPU and Concurrent Connection Usage\u201d for more detailed information regarding when certain resources were high at a given time. This includes memory as well.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33025349464\/original\/LFe30Kc_PxeI7CwhcyE6ZO7X-3tDwWzZKA.png?1557480241\" data-filelink=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33025349464\/original\/LFe30Kc_PxeI7CwhcyE6ZO7X-3tDwWzZKA.png?1557480241\" data-fileid=\"33025349464\" data-uniquekey=\"1557480239555\" \/><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">High volumes of traffic can also be caused by attacks on your website. If someone is trying to forcefully hack your website, they may have picked up that you using outdated\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">addons<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and are trying to exploit their vulnerabilities. It is best practice to always keep your website up to date to ensure something like this does not happen or at least lessen the chance of it happening.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">You\u2019ll receive three warnings regarding resource limits. Should you still exceed the limit by the third warning, your package will be automatically upgraded to the next plan to avoid any impact on your website.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you are a reseller, host a few websites or simply want better performance, our Business VPS solutions would truly benefit you as we do not monitor resource usage on these services. 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