Server status
You can view your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server's or (ve) Server's health directly from the AccountCenter. This will give you insight into the live performance of your server from either an executive or a detailed viewpoint.
Instructions for (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server 4.0
You may notice that the RAM percentage will often differ from the one shown in the Power User Panel, because that tool bases its report on a different parameter. The percentage reported in the Server Status is more accurate for practical use on a virtual server. Technically, Server Status uses the privvmpages parameter, and the Power Panel uses oomguarpages and kmemsize. This article has more information about these types of parameters.
- Sign in to the AccountCenter and click on your primary domain.
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Next to the title, (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Control Panel, you will see a small button labeled Status. See Figure 1:
Figure 1: Green is good, yellow is something to look into, and red requires immediate assistance from your server administrator. -
If you click on the button, you will see a small overlay expand on your screen. See Figure 2:
Figure 2: A more detailed view of your server status.- Server: Shows whether the server is online or offline.
- Load: The average load in the past 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes.
- Processes: The number of processes running on your server.
- Memory: RAM current use.
- CPU: Your current CPU use.
- Storage: How close you are to using all of your disk space.
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Finally, you can click on VIEW STATS to open the most detailed page. It has live graphs for all of your stats from Step 3 (see Step 3 for an explanation), plus some additional ones:
- KBytes in/Sec: Number of kilobytes being uploaded per second.
- KBytes Out/Sec: Number of kilobytes being served or downloaded per second.
- Packets In/Sec: Number of packets being uploaded per second.
- Packets Out/Sec: Number of packets being served or downloaded per second.
Note that items currently at 0 or 0% will not be displayed. See Figure 3:
Figure 3: A live graph of your resource use.You can view your statistics over different time periods by clicking on the tabs at the top.
Instructions for (ve) Server
- Sign in to the AccountCenter and click on your primary domain.
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Next to the title, (ve) Server Control Panel, you will see a small button labeled Status.
Figure 1: Green is good, yellow is something to look into, and red requires immediate assistance from your server administrator. -
If you click on the button, you will see a small overlay expand on your screen. See Figure 2:
Figure 2: A more detailed view of your server status.- Server: Shows whether the server is online or offline.
- Load: The average load in the past 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes.
- Processes: The number of processes running on your server.
- Memory: RAM current use.
- CPU: Your current CPU use.
- Storage: How close you are to using all of your disk space.
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Finally, you can click on VIEW STATS to open the most detailed page. It has live graphs for all of your stats from Step 3 (see Step 3 for an explanation), plus some additional ones:
- KBytes in/Sec: Number of kilobytes being uploaded per second.
- KBytes Out/Sec: Number of kilobytes being served or downloaded per second.
- Packets In/Sec: Number of packets being uploaded per second.
- Packets Out/Sec: Number of packets being served or downloaded per second.
Note that items currently at 0 or 0% will not be displayed. See Figure 3:
Figure 3: A live graph of your resource use.Server Status presents the following resource usage:
- State of your server: on/off
- CPU Usage: in percentage
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Memory Usage: in percentage
- 100% is equal to the guaranteed amount of memory. This number may be >100% because of the burstable memory.
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If your server is constantly near or above 100%, consider optimizing your applications and configuration to reduce memory usage or upgrade your Server to the next level.
This percentage will often differ from the Plesk Power Panel -> Resources page, because that tool bases its report on a different parameter. The percentage reported in the Server Status is more accurate for practical use on a virtual server. Technically, Server Status uses the '''privvmpages''' parameter, and the Power Panel uses '''oomguarpages''' and '''kmemsize'''. This article has more information about these types of parameters.
- Disk Space Usage: in percentage
- Load 1: System load averages for the past 1 minute. Run man uptime in the shell for more detail.
- Load 5: System load averages for the past 5 minutes. Run man uptime in the shell for more detail.
- Load 15: System load averages for the past 15 minutes. Run man uptime in the shell for more detail.
- Number of processes/threads: Number of processes and kernel-level threads open. Equivalent of running ps aux -L in a shell.
- KB/sec ( in/out ): Current number of In/Out KBytes/sec
- Packets/sec ( in/out ): Current number of In/Out packets/sec. A very large number of packets usually indicates a hacked server.
Thresholds
We alert you on Dashboard/Status pop-up if your server exceeds the pre-defined default thresholds.
Please note that while some thresholds are pretty universal (Memory/Disk Space usage), others can be less applicable to you. For example, if your server is using a lot of threads from an application like Java, it might trigger a Warning or Critical state in the Monitor. This does not necessarily mean your server is actually having issues. In this sense, thresholds serve as a friendly alert, or guideline.
Types of thresholds:
- Healthy
- Warning
- Critical
Thresholds are currently implemented for
- State
- CPU
- Memory
- Disk Space
- Processes
- Load1
- Load5
- Load15