Overview
This article shows how to check your resource usage on a VPS. Viewing this information on a Shared, Dedicated, or DreamPress hosting plan is not currently available.
What are the symptoms of high resource usage?
The following symptoms are often associated with high resource usage:
- Out of memory
- Restarts
- Inability to log in (e.g., a "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host" message appears)
Checking your daily and monthly resource usage
To check memory usage, navigate to the VPS page and click the Manage button to the right of your server.
- A graph opens displaying the RAM Usage History.
This graph gives you a general overview of your server's memory usage. Please note, however, that if a spike in memory occurs, it might not show on the graph since it only displays average usage.
How to troubleshoot an overloaded VPS
The following sections help you view and troubleshoot the most common symptoms.
Increasing your resource allocation
It's recommended that you start out by upgrading your VPS plan, which increases the available RAM. This may be enough to prevent the VPS from rebooting.
Troubleshooting Apache and PHP processes
On an overloaded VPS, you will typically see Apache processes running on your server and appearing to consume all of the memory.
However, you should be most concerned with the PHP processes. PHP sites that are not optimized can use an extremely large amount of memory. View Managing your VPS memory usage for help troubleshooting memory issues.