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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHow Being a Good Neighbor Can Actually Make Your Site Faster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As you know, the shared hosting environment is a place where other people host their projects just like you. Being a good neighbor in the web hosting space is just like any other area – it makes everyone happier, including you, and here is how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Core Resource Allocation Widget<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.fastcomet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe core resource allocation widget gives you a quick overview of your Bandwidth and Disk allocation. You may have never considered it but maintaining your account disk and inode usage may significantly improve performance. Do you store a large number of cache files or old backups? Have you recently checked the size of your email accounts trash and spam folders? All these things increase the time needed for your account to back up and restore, mail account indexing, FTP, and IMAP performance. You can dive deeper into the available statistics for your account following the steps in our tutorials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- How to review the disk space usage of your account<\/a><\/li>
- What is an Inode Count and how to check it<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
It is always a good idea to keep your hosting account clean and tidy which will be very beneficial to all your hosting neighbors and your website. Additionally, if you notice that your Inode usage is mysteriously growing your application may be malfunctioning by creating a large number of the temporary, cache or dump files that slow down your website and can be one of the main reasons for downgraded performance. Keep an eye on these resources to make sure your web applications and services work as intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bandwidth Histogram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The bandwidth histogram is another tool available in your Observer monitoring system that can help you identify any unusual behavior or traffic spikes.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHaving spikes or constantly growing bandwidth usage? Why not optimizing it to speed up your websites. Here is how you can do that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Active a Content Delivery Network for faster static content delivery<\/a><\/li>
- Review your bandwidth usage and access statistics<\/a><\/li>
- Block unwanted traffic<\/a> or consider enabling hotlink protection<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The Script Executions widget<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Knowing your exact bandwidth usage combined with the next widget can also help you determine the best hosting plan for your website to avoid overspending. The Scripts Execution widget gives you the exact number of scripts executed in this month, today and current hour. It is also updated in real-time so you can detect any unusual activity right away.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Script](\"https:\/\/www.fastcomet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ScriptExecutionsWidget.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nIf you need a more detailed view of your script executions, you may review the histogram also available in the Observer Monitoring system. It provides a record of every single script execution under your hosting account. Now you can see how your websites are doing and identify your busiest hours of the day, how your traffic is distributed through the week or what exactly happened in that minute when your site got slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Script Executions Histogram<\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"Daily](\"https:\/\/www.fastcomet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/script24h-1024x305.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n![\"Weekly](\"https:\/\/www.fastcomet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/script30d-1024x304.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n![\"Monthly](\"https:\/\/www.fastcomet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/scriptLH-1024x295.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nSometimes, however, you may need more raw data to identify brute force attacks, aggressive crawlers, and bad bots. For this purpose, you can use the different views available in the Observer system. Sorting the script executions by number or time will show you which files exactly were executed and how many times.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nBoth views can be extremely helpful to identify malfunctioning scripts or attacks when you cross-check the data with your cPanel traffic statistics<\/a>. Reducing script executions by fixing or eliminating malfunctioning scripts will greatly reduce your website resource usage footprint, improve your website performance and avoid unnecessary hosting plan upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat’s Next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now that you have access to all of this information you can start optimizing your account and resource allocation. Yet, we understand that this may be a time-consuming task, so we are building a system that will do this for you. The Report Center, that will be available soon under the Observer system, will automatically monitor your account resources and notify you if a potential issue is detected.<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe core resource allocation widget gives you a quick overview of your Bandwidth and Disk allocation. You may have never considered it but maintaining your account disk and inode usage may significantly improve performance. Do you store a large number of cache files or old backups? Have you recently checked the size of your email accounts trash and spam folders? All these things increase the time needed for your account to back up and restore, mail account indexing, FTP, and IMAP performance. You can dive deeper into the available statistics for your account following the steps in our tutorials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- How to review the disk space usage of your account<\/a><\/li>
- What is an Inode Count and how to check it<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
It is always a good idea to keep your hosting account clean and tidy which will be very beneficial to all your hosting neighbors and your website. Additionally, if you notice that your Inode usage is mysteriously growing your application may be malfunctioning by creating a large number of the temporary, cache or dump files that slow down your website and can be one of the main reasons for downgraded performance. Keep an eye on these resources to make sure your web applications and services work as intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bandwidth Histogram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The bandwidth histogram is another tool available in your Observer monitoring system that can help you identify any unusual behavior or traffic spikes.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHaving spikes or constantly growing bandwidth usage? Why not optimizing it to speed up your websites. Here is how you can do that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Active a Content Delivery Network for faster static content delivery<\/a><\/li>
- Review your bandwidth usage and access statistics<\/a><\/li>
- Block unwanted traffic<\/a> or consider enabling hotlink protection<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The Script Executions widget<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Knowing your exact bandwidth usage combined with the next widget can also help you determine the best hosting plan for your website to avoid overspending. The Scripts Execution widget gives you the exact number of scripts executed in this month, today and current hour. It is also updated in real-time so you can detect any unusual activity right away.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nIf you need a more detailed view of your script executions, you may review the histogram also available in the Observer Monitoring system. It provides a record of every single script execution under your hosting account. Now you can see how your websites are doing and identify your busiest hours of the day, how your traffic is distributed through the week or what exactly happened in that minute when your site got slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Script Executions Histogram<\/h4>\n\n\n
\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nSometimes, however, you may need more raw data to identify brute force attacks, aggressive crawlers, and bad bots. For this purpose, you can use the different views available in the Observer system. Sorting the script executions by number or time will show you which files exactly were executed and how many times.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nBoth views can be extremely helpful to identify malfunctioning scripts or attacks when you cross-check the data with your cPanel traffic statistics<\/a>. Reducing script executions by fixing or eliminating malfunctioning scripts will greatly reduce your website resource usage footprint, improve your website performance and avoid unnecessary hosting plan upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What’s Next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now that you have access to all of this information you can start optimizing your account and resource allocation. Yet, we understand that this may be a time-consuming task, so we are building a system that will do this for you. The Report Center, that will be available soon under the Observer system, will automatically monitor your account resources and notify you if a potential issue is detected.<\/p>\n\n\n
- Review your bandwidth usage and access statistics<\/a><\/li>
- What is an Inode Count and how to check it<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"Report](\"https:\/\/www.fastcomet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screenshot_1-1024x421.png\")
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