The web server is basically the place where our page is stored. We can contract a hosting or storage with many different providers that offer us a series of conditions. Something basic will be the monthly transfer, the storage capacity or the CPU you have, something that can make the site go more or less fast. In this article we are going to explain how to check the status of the web server to know the available capacity, what we have consumed, etc.
Why is it important to control the status of the hosting
When we have a web page it is essential to control different aspects so that it works correctly and not have problems of any kind. Something essential is the server where it is hosted . It has to be the right one and that at no time you have problems, since it could mean errors that affect our visitors.
It is important to control the status of the hosting to see at all times how much available space we have consumed. Each image, each file that we upload to an article, will make the disk that we have at our disposal able to be filled. If this happens we would be forced to increase it (with the cost that this entails) or to reduce what we upload.
We can also check the use of databases, physical memory or CPU. All this will be essential for the proper functioning and if any of these sections does not offer what we expect, we could have problems on the website.
How to check the status of the web server
We can control the state of our web server in a simple way. The hosting that we are using will have a statistics section where we can see free disk space, physical memory consumption, bandwidth transfer, etc.
How can we see the status of the web server? To do this, the first thing to do is log into the hosting that we have contracted. Once there we will have to look for the hosting information and access it. This process may vary by vendor, but the steps are similar.
When we are inside we will have to click on cPanel (or Plesk or whatever we have installed) and there we will be within what is the server, with all the available sections, the administration of domains, plugins …
Among all the options that we find, one of them is Statistics . If we click, it will show us a series of data related to the status of our web server. We can see the use of the hard disk, the monthly transfer consumed compared to the available one, etc.
We can also obtain more exact information on each of the sections. For example, if we are interested in knowing more in depth what the status of the monthly transfer is, we simply have to click on that option. It will automatically take us to a new window with graphs and data related to the bandwidth used during that month.
From each of the sections we can analyze it more in depth by observing the data not only monthly, but also weekly, daily, for the whole year … So we can compare the consumption of resources that we have had according to the month and even be able to make a forecast. There are pages that at certain times of the year can have a considerable increase in traffic. If we see that in the month of December, for example, the previous year we had a significant increase for Christmas, perhaps for the following year it would be interesting to increase that limit and not have problems.
On the other hand, we also have the option of verifying the databases . We can see what state they are in, how much space they consume or analyze if there is some kind of error. The hosting itself offers us the possibility of carrying out tests and detecting possible failures that may interfere with our website.
In short, as we can see, it is easy to check the status of the web server. We can enter to see each section in detail or simply obtain general information, to see that everything works correctly, that we are not running out of disk space or monthly transfer. Having all this in order, without any problem, is going to be important to always be able to maintain the proper functioning of a website.