Navigate to the VPS section on hPanel and click Manage next to your chosen server. Then, open the Backups & Monitoring section on the left side panel and click on Server Usage:

Choose the period you'd like to analyze: the last 24 hours, week, month, or year:

Below, you'll find several graphs with the main VPS metrics.

CPU usage displays the amount (in %) of CPU power consumed by your server:

It's completely normal if CPU usage is high from time to time. It can increase when you're installing resource-heavy applications or when your VPS is processing a lot of data.

RAM usage displays the amount of memory (GB) that's used by your server’s processes:

RAM and PHP memory are not the same. To learn more about it, check this article: What Is the Difference Between PHP Memory Limit and RAM? 💡

This graph displays the total number of all processes running on your server:

We recommend keeping the number of processes low. For shutting down any process, you can refer to this tutorial: How to Kill a Process in Linux 💡

Disk space shows the amount of data (GB) held in the disk of your server:

In case you are worried about disk space, you may enable disk quota and limit the amount of space your files take.

Inodes are items that correspond to the number of files and folders you have on your server:

It's crucial to keep the number of inodes low. Unattended files (e.g., log files that are being generated on a regular basis) can fill up your disk space pretty fast.

Outgoing traffic shows connections from the server to a remote location:

Incoming traffic shows connections coming into the server from a remote location:

High usage of your VPS resources usually comes down to poor website optimization. This can be solved by considering the following aspects:

The bigger the distance between you and the server your website is hosted, the longer response time you may expect. To solve this, we recommend you set up a CDN or content delivery network. It works by keeping multiple copies of your website’s data in proxy servers worldwide, thus improving your website speed for visitors, no matter their physical location.

Although, for instance, if you and your target audience are from the USA, and your server is in Asia, a CDN might not help much. Instead, you may contact the Hostinger Customer Success team, and request transferring your hosting to a closer location.

Optimizing how queries are made, seeking only the essential data, or limiting the query results is the way to go when it comes to query optimization. There are tools that help in this matter, e.g., EverSQL. Additionally, you may find useful information in various forums or blog posts, like this one: Supercharge Your SQL Queries for Production Databases 💡

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