Lord Emeritus of Keypicking HallisChalmers
Posts: 2070
Joined: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:46 pm
Location: Hell
KP - Dedicated Server
“With this notification we would like to inform you that our in-house Website Performance Monitoring System (WPMS) has signaled that your account keypicking.com constantly uses a large amount of the server's CPU resources.
As you know, your account is hosted on a shared server and thus sharing the server resources with other customers' websites.
Your account's CPU usage is 63 900 script executions per day. The industry standard for CPU usage of a shared account is 12 000.…your website's CPU usage is well above SiteGround's maximum allowed usage per hosting account, which, as we already mentioned, is much higher than the standard hosting industry usage. In other words - your website requires a thorough optimization and/or a more powerful hosting environment….
Upgrading to a dedicated solution is indeed the best option for growing websites such as yours. The dedicated solution will meet your growing business needs over a long period of time.
1. Main option - Core 2 Duo Managed Dedicated Server
Your website repeatedly/constantly goes over the allowed CPU usage and this is why we believe this dedicated server will be the best option for your growing website. With this hosting solution you will enjoy a great freedom in managing and accessing your account and most of all you will have all the resources that you need at your disposal. Additionally, the dedicated server will ensure that you have the necessary amount of resources to maintain the steady expansion of your website and its growing popularity.
2. Alternative solution - Atom Dual-Core 330 Managed Dedicated Server
The alternative solution will accommodate your website for the time being and will offer you the resources that are required for the moment. However, if you plan to further develop and expand your website, we strongly advise you to choose the main option that our system administrators suggested.
Our team would like to thank you for your cooperation and timely response on this matter!
Best regards,
Ivaylo Todorov
The SiteGround Team”
So what does all this mean?
In order for KP to continue to exist, I was required to move the site from a shared server to a dedicated server, using the above-mentioned Alternative Solution at a monthly cost of $179/mo.
Now all of a sudden, my wonderful locksport hobby – which I was glad to share with my fellow enthusiasts, has started to become a very expensive proposition.
Consequently, I will need to come up with some way of generating the necessary funds to keep this site functioning on an ongoing basis.
I’m really opposed to banners and other crap on the forum to generate cash – but if that’s what it boils down to, I may have no other choice.
HC