{"id":24175,"date":"2022-02-02T14:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/what-is-high-cpu-usage-load\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T06:00:33","slug":"what-is-high-cpu-usage-load","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/what-is-high-cpu-usage-load\/","title":{"rendered":"What is high CPU usage \/ load"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">CPU represents the number of central processing units (CPUs) available to your account to process requests. This ranges from loading data into RAM and processing scripts, to delivering content to visitors and writing into databases. Essentially, your CPU underpins the rest your account\u2019s resources.<\/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\">If the reason for high resource usage relates to CPU, you can refer to some of the most common causes thereof:<\/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><\/span><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><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33025349433\/original\/rlDM0QBHxFocB75eWKXXQATJt4YbXkohmA.png?1557480149\" data-filelink=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33025349433\/original\/rlDM0QBHxFocB75eWKXXQATJt4YbXkohmA.png?1557480149\" data-fileid=\"33025349433\" data-uniquekey=\"1557480126152\" \/><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.<\/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>Resource intensive\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">addons<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Examples of this are themes or plugins for WordPress, Joomla,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Drupal<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0etc. There are a few popular plugins that are considered resource intensive so if it is necessary that you use one that is, then it would be best to upgrade your package.<\/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>Outdated or poorly written code<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Since we only host your site, it would be best to have your web developer investigate the cause of the high load as it could be related to the code written by them.<\/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>Hot linking<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">An example of hot linking. Say I like the image on your website, and I want that image on my site. If I use the full URL of your image on my site, then the image is downloading from your site every time someone looks at my site. To prevent this, you may have to make some changes to your .<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">htaccess<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0file. Please consult your web developer regarding this.<\/span><\/span><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 could also try the following to reduce the load:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-listid=\"6\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Reduce your number of banners and ads from other sites.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-listid=\"6\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Avoid using too many scripts, and do not force html to handle server-side code (like\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">php<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">shtml<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:390}\">\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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