If you have an HTML site, in all probability it uses a small amount of resources as it's static, but this isn't the situation with dynamic database-driven Internet sites that use PHP scripts and offer you far more capabilities. This sort of Internet sites produce load on the website hosting server anytime somebody browses them, since the web server requires time to execute the script, to access the database and then to deliver the data requested by the visitor's browser. A famous discussion board, for instance, stores all usernames and posts inside a database, so some load is generated each time a thread is opened or a user searches for a particular term. If many people access the forum all at once, or if every single search involves checking hundreds of thousands of database entries, this could produce high load and affect the functionality of the Internet site. In this regard, CPU and MySQL load data can give you info about the site’s efficiency, as you can compare the numbers with your traffic statistics to determine if the site has to be optimized or transferred to a new type of website hosting platform which will be able to bear the high system load if the Internet site is extremely popular.
MySQL & Load Stats in Shared Web Hosting
Using the Hepsia CP, provided with all of our shared web hosting plans, you'll be able to see really comprehensive stats concerning the system resources which your sites use. One of the sections shall give you details about the CPU load, like how much processing time the server spent, the amount of time it took for your scripts to be executed and how much memory they used. Statistics are automatically generated every 6 hours and you can also see the different kinds of processes that generated the most load - PHP, Perl, and so forth. MySQL load stats are listed within a separate section where you are able to see all the queries on a per hour, day-to-day, and so forth. basis. You can go back and compare data from different months to determine if some update has changed the resource usage if the total amount of website visitors has not changed much. That way, you can see if your Internet site needs to be optimized, which will give you a better performance and an improved user experience.