I am currently on an old hostgator VPS server. They will give me about 75% off if I transfer to their new VPS servers for a 3 year period if I buy upfront, which seems like a good deal. However I think my site might need a dedicated server, due to CPU load issues. My server load as reported by Parallels Power Panel resources section is often over 50%. I also see this in the resource alerts: Sep 10, 2016 07:10:26 PM Resource Resource dcachesize green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 16118710 soft limit: 26210000 hard limit: 26210000 Green zone dcachesize Sep 10, 2016 07:04:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 73 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Green zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 07:03:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used red alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 95 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Red zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 07:01:27 PM Resource Resource dcachesize red alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 26208624 soft limit: 26210000 hard limit: 26210000 Red zone dcachesize Sep 10, 2016 06:59:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 7 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Green zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 06:58:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used yellow alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 78 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Yellow zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 06:40:26 PM Resource Resource dcachesize green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 20704565 soft limit: 26210000 hard limit: 26210000 Green zone dcachesize Sep 10, 2016 06:34:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 23 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Green zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 06:33:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used red alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 90 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Red zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 06:20:26 PM Resource Resource dcachesize red alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 26205025 soft limit: 26210000 hard limit: 26210000 Red zone dcachesize Sep 10, 2016 06:05:26 PM Resource Resource dcachesize green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 19143814 soft limit: 26210000 hard limit: 26210000 Green zone dcachesize Sep 10, 2016 05:26:25 PM Resource Resource dcachesize red alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 26203728 soft limit: 26210000 hard limit: 26210000 Red zone dcachesize Sep 10, 2016 05:16:26 PM Resource Resource dcachesize green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 15131116 soft limit: 26210000 hard limit: 26210000 Green zone dcachesize Sep 10, 2016 04:42:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 0 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Green zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 04:41:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used yellow alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 84 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Yellow zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 04:38:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 41 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Green zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 04:37:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used red alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 89 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Red zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 04:33:26 PM Resource Resource dcachesize red alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 26202027 soft limit: 26210000 hard limit: 26210000 Red zone dcachesize Sep 10, 2016 04:31:26 PM Resource Resource dcachesize green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 15497554 soft limit: 26210000 hard limit: 26210000 Green zone dcachesize Sep 10, 2016 04:00:27 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used green alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 0 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Green zone counter_cpu_share_used Sep 10, 2016 03:59:26 PM Resource Resource counter_cpu_share_used red alert on environment web.ozpolitic.com current value: 89 soft limit: 85 hard limit: 95 Red zone counter_cpu_share_used AWstats was already disabled. I also disabled the other two stats packages, which did not make much difference. I have not done anything to stop bots crawling the forum. Would that make much difference? Note that I want the search engine bots to crawl my site if that gives the site better google rankings. I have google ads running on the forum that cover the hosting fees and then some, and forum posts often get a high position on google for issues currently in the news, so I am happy to pay what it costs to keep those bots happy.
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