suddenly i noticed that the server load is 73.68 and the red is flashing in my cpanel server with hostgator. its US time in the morning. i am worried that hostgator might suspend my account? how do i know that the server load is because of my site. should i worry? i host about 10 sites and i get about 20-30k uniques for all sites combined.
If you are on a dedicated server you have nothing to worry about. If your on shared, submitt a support ticket and a screenshot and ask them what the problem is.
I don't know personally anything over 2.0 is kinda bad. I have 22 proxies running using ALOT more daily BW than that with alot more users and it's 0.2 something is wrong here. How many databases are you using? Is there a mysql database on the high traffic site?
see this cpanel status: http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/6264/serverloadhk5.jpg i host about 6 mysql databases one of which used by medium traffic site. not much i think. i dont use email in my sites but it shows exim failed.
will do it soon. but how do i find out its causing because of my site? update: now it is 15.63 (2 cpus)
In that case, it should not be your account. I would check with HG to find out the reason, and ask if they can prevent it. Another option is asking for moving to a new server, if you still want to stay with HG