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VM /ETC goes on a diet. Host provider says too big!

PostDateIcon December 2nd, 2008 | PostAuthorIcon Author: Rich Brambley

For the second time in the last 3 weeks, VM /ETC was suspended by my hosting provider because of excessive host server cpu utilization last night. Apparently the site has reached the borderline of being able to exist on a shared hosting provider due to popularity. In short, the constant pulling of posts from the WordPress database has spiked to the web server’s cpu resources too often, and when this happens other web sites on this server are severely impacted. Unfortunately, my hosting provider reacts by suspending the site immediately. They have threatened to turn me off for good, at which point I will have to move vmetc.com.

I have removed several plugins and widgets from my sidebars in an attempt to see if this alleviates the problem. If any readers have any other suggestions please let me know. If you know of any dedicated hosting providers I would appreciate the recommendations as well.

If VM /ETC is suddenly unavailable then you’ll know why. I have tried to work out a monitoring program and agreement with my current provider in the meantime, but they are inflexible and have little to offer. I’ll do my best to get back online quickly if it comes to this.

Oh well, these are the problems I want to have as a blogger, right? Thanks for all the subscriptions, readers, comments and support.

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  • http://www.vladan.fr Vladan

    Roger, It’s definitely no way going without shell access. I might try last think I found here http://www.village-idiot.org/archives/2007/07/01/wp-cache-symbolic-link/

    Village idiot – crazy name…. -:)

  • http://www.vladan.fr Vladan

    Roger, It’s definitely no way going without shell access. I might try last think I found here http://www.village-idiot.org/archives/2007/07/01/wp-cache-symbolic-link/

    Village idiot – crazy name…. -:)

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  • http://www.boche.net Jason Boche

    I host my blog on the rack in my basement. This week I’m also doubling my bandwidth from 5Mbps down/512Kbps up to 10Mbps down/1Mbps up. For hosting, the upload is the key figure because that’s the pipe people on the internet are utilizing to read my blog. I’m using WordPress blog caching to serve static pages which cuts down PHP hammering on the CPU although I wasn’t having issues to begin with. I did this as a preventative measure.

    I’d be interested to see what your web stats are Rich. I use WordPress with 10 or so plugins and my server CPUs aren’t stressing out. The same server is also running MS SQL Server, MySQL Server, Symantec Backup Exec, VMware Server 2.0 w/ 3 VMs, PHP, PERL, and Vizioncore vRanger PRO. Is CPU truely your issue or is it bandwidth also?

    I’d be happy to help you out with the hosting but I’m afraid of what you’d do to my servers if you’re already burying your ISP web servers. But on the other hand, maybe I’m giving them too much credit for their setup. I’d still like to hear some performance numbers.

    Jas

  • http://www.boche.net Jason Boche

    I host my blog on the rack in my basement. This week I’m also doubling my bandwidth from 5Mbps down/512Kbps up to 10Mbps down/1Mbps up. For hosting, the upload is the key figure because that’s the pipe people on the internet are utilizing to read my blog. I’m using WordPress blog caching to serve static pages which cuts down PHP hammering on the CPU although I wasn’t having issues to begin with. I did this as a preventative measure.

    I’d be interested to see what your web stats are Rich. I use WordPress with 10 or so plugins and my server CPUs aren’t stressing out. The same server is also running MS SQL Server, MySQL Server, Symantec Backup Exec, VMware Server 2.0 w/ 3 VMs, PHP, PERL, and Vizioncore vRanger PRO. Is CPU truely your issue or is it bandwidth also?

    I’d be happy to help you out with the hosting but I’m afraid of what you’d do to my servers if you’re already burying your ISP web servers. But on the other hand, maybe I’m giving them too much credit for their setup. I’d still like to hear some performance numbers.

    Jas

  • http://www.boche.net Jason Boche

    BTW – your ISP are dicks for the way they are handling this.

  • http://www.boche.net Jason Boche

    BTW – your ISP are dicks for the way they are handling this.

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  • http://vmetc.com rbrambley

    I have enabled the WP-Cache plugin for vmetc and have not had an issue withCPU utilization since. I'm still with the same provider, so I hope this continues, but all good for now!

  • http://vmetc.com rbrambley

    I have enabled the WP-Cache plugin for vmetc and have not had an issue withCPU utilization since. I'm still with the same provider, so I hope this continues, but all good for now!

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