When the time is right to get a new server?

leonep

• March 17, 2022 12:33

Hi , i have a nice Centos7/Cloudlinux with cPanel and i host here 100 accounts.I have all service here web/mysql/exim. I run with load always from 2,5 to 3,5 and i get some "High 5 minute load average alert" in the night during backup process. I want to know if is the time to add new server. I want to have a good service. No customers is reporting me problems.What do you think? and also i read about centos8 is EOL. If i start new server what is the best OS choice with cpanel? thanks

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  quietFinn

  • March 17, 2022 17:53

  Load from 2,5 to 3,5 doesn't tell much without knowing your server's specifications, especially CPU. Look in WHM -> Server Status -> Server Information

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • March 17, 2022 18:52

  ^^^It could be the load average notification just needs to be reconfigured to properly alert you when there's an issue. If you could post the CPU specs and number of cores that would be helpful.

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  leonep

  • March 17, 2022 19:53

  thanks, Total processors: 8 VendorGenuineIntel Name Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v6 @ 3.50GHzSpeed3897.552 MHzCache8192 KB

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  quietFinn

  • March 17, 2022 19:59

  If you are using CSF what is the value of PT_LOAD_LEVEL ?

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  leonep

  • March 17, 2022 20:23

  6

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  quietFinn

  • March 17, 2022 20:29

  You can set that to 8, and see if you still get those overload messages.

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  leonep

  • March 18, 2022 11:06

  ok thanks do you think i am ok for now?

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • March 18, 2022 13:23

  I think it's fine with how things are currently.

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  bilal3310

  • March 22, 2022 04:24

  thanks, Total processors: 8 VendorGenuineIntel Name Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v6 @ 3.50GHzSpeed3897.552 MHzCache8192 KB

  
  Please run lscpu and check total cores. If you have 8 cores then avg load 4 is fine its mean your system used 50% CPU. I also recommend you to install MobaExterm and enable Monitoring and you can see real time CPU, 50% To 60% its fine if websites not working slow., above 60% avg load its not fine for me.

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