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A Guide to Server CPU Performance: Cores, Threads, and Benchmarking with Linux
Is your server slow? Learn how CPU cores, threads, and clock speed affect performance. Find out how to check, benchmark, and upgrade your CPU…
Analyzing AWStats data for Nexcess Cloud plans and sites
Advanced Web Statistics (AWStats) — available via the Analytics tab in the Nexcess Client Portal — is a tool that helps you maintain and…
Automating Server Scripts with Cron
Learn to automate tasks on your Linux server with cron. This time-based job scheduler can run scripts at fixed times, dates, or intervals.
Caching
Caching stores file copies to speed up your site. This simple process improves user experience, search rankings, and reduces your server's workload.
Checking Server Load in Linux
A review of four ways to check server load on Linux servers and what the numbers mean.
Cloudflare SSL with Cloudflare origin certificate
If you do not want to purchase a commercial SSL certificate authority or use a free Let’s Encrypt SSL, you can install a Cloudflare…
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
A Content Delivery Network (CDN) caches your content on global servers. This reduces latency and delivers a faster experience to your website's users.
Create Sites & Stores Account
We’ve made it easy for you to set up a Nexcess Cloud account. Before we get to the steps involved with setting up web…
Dedicated Server Upgrades
Outgrown your server? This guide explains how to upgrade your dedicated server's CPU, RAM, storage, and software for improved performance and security.
Diagnosing Server Connection Problems
Is your server offline? Learn how to diagnose network connection problems using ping and traceroute commands to identify blocked IPs and timeouts.
Enable CDN: Nexcess CDN access in the Nexcess Client Portal
Nexcess web hosting plans make CDN access straightforward. Let's review CDN access, setup, and optimal configuration for Magento 2 and WordPress sites using the…
Enterprise server cluster support documentation
Review the full documentation related to Nexcess enterprise server cluster support covering the technical specifications, features, services, and architecture.