hi guys, i write a blog from quite a few years,i used to have 300-400 unique visitors daily and i haven't suffered this type of problem before.But now my traffic is suddenly increased in few days and it gone up to 1000-1100 visitors daily so as server load it gets around 2.00 and shows the red sign. My hosting provider says you should migrate it to VPS otherwise we will stop you site.What should i do, i mean i can't afford the price of VPS.The problem of which are causing this are: Visitor Details: 20 Aug 2009 1143 4403 41767 101.49 MB Server Details: Server Load 2.66 (16 cpus) Plz suggest me what should i do becuase i can't give that much high price.Is it common with all blogs or just for me is happening.i don't think server gets overloaded in 1000 visitors only. PLZ help Plz ignore my signature it's not that!!! im talking about other one.
Well you can shift to some cheap vps nowadays u get vps for even 10$ .. so check the hosting section in the B/S/T area you may find some good cheap vps provider. Its tough to troubleshoot such issues on a shared host
Congratulation. Its a good news for you..(your site is popular) shift to cheap hosting service(like 110mb,byet.Org,..)
Get the plugin wp super cache, this will make your pages static and should result in much more users being able to browse simultaneously.
You should get a VPS, because it is not reasonable to get a high traffic website that works in shared environment. Especially if you use some plugins that require more resources.
"Server Load 2.66 (16 cpus)" is not that high. I assume you are on a shared host at the moment? If so, ask your host to help you in streamlining your site, to use less resources. It sounds to me like they are just trying to push you into a more expensive plan to make more money off of you.
thanx guys for your valuable responses,i appreciate that one thing i does'nt understood yet is why don't blogspot bloggers get these types of problems.they also run the blog the same way as i and some of them get 50k+ daily visitors also so why don't they get warned or halted from blogspot.
Well you can try Godaddy shared hosting. They are good for this kind of problems but u will have to move to a VPS sooner or later. If you get like 1000 UV per days You should able to earn enough too.
2.66 load on 16 cpus is not high and this is NOT your web site load. It is total load of the server so it includes all web sites. 1143 unique visitors should not be an issue on shared hosting server. Ask your host to provide top processes of your web site so that you can get direction to optimize your web site.
Sounds like you are getting hit up for more money to me as well. good luck with that. How much do you pay now? I am sure there are better things out there for your money though.
The load is not that high but as its a shared hosting most over selling providers will limit you at about those rates, i suggest you look into a VPS (10-25 Depending on OS). Great job on your sites success.