The CPU load depends on the time period a hosting server spends executing a script each time a visitor opens a webpage on a given script-driven Internet site. Static HTML sites use hardly any CPU time, but this is not the case with the considerably more sophisticated and functional scripts, which use a database and display dynamic content. The more individuals open this type of a website, the more load will be created on the web server and if the database is large, the MySQL server shall be loaded too. A good example of what could cause high load is an online store with a huge number of products. If it is popular, a lot of people shall be browsing it at the same time and if they seek out items, the entire database which contains all the products will also be constantly accessed by the script, which will result in high load. In this light, having CPU and MySQL load stats will offer you an idea of how the Internet site is doing, if it has to be optimized or if you simply need a more efficient website hosting solution - if the site is extremely popular and the established setup can't cope with the load.
MySQL & Load Stats in Shared Web Hosting
Using the Hepsia CP, which comes with all of our shared web hosting offers, you will be able to see really detailed data about the system resources which your sites use. One of the sections shall give you information regarding the CPU load, including the amount of processing time the web server spent, the span of time it took for your scripts to be executed and what amount of memory they used. Stats are routinely generated every 6 hours and you may also see the kinds of processes that generated the most load - PHP, Perl, etc. MySQL load statistics are listed inside a separate section where you can see all the queries on an hourly, everyday, etc. basis. You can go back and compare stats from different months to find out if some update has changed the resource usage if the total amount of visitors hasn't changed much. In this way, you can see if your site needs to be optimized, which will result in a better overall performance and an improved user experience.