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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 CP…
A Guide to Windows Server Memory (RAM)
Slow server? Learn how to check Windows Server memory (RAM). This guide explains cached, available, and in-use memory and when you should up…
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&hel…
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.
Best Practices: Enabling Automatic Updates in WordPress
Learn how to enable automatic updates for WordPress core, plugins, and themes. Protect your site with these best practices for editing wp-co…
Blocking IP Addresses in WHM
Need to block an IP? This guide shows how to use ConfigServer Security & Firewall in WHM to permanently or temporarily deny any IP…
Caching
Caching stores file copies to speed up your site. This simple process improves user experience, search rankings, and reduces your server's w…
Caching Configuration and Options with Solid Performance
Introduction This article explains how caching works on StellarSites using the built-in Solid Performance plugin. You’ll learn what the plug…
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…
Connection Timed Out in Cloud Sites
This article provides troubleshooting tips for a connection timed out in Cloud Sites.
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 websit…