Around midnight last night, I received this email from my hosting, Lunarpages:
Hi,
Recently your account was utilizing excessive resources. Details are as follows:
A detail of the problem is shown below as:micha75 cravingtech.com/blog 5.10 1.12 0.1
Top Process %CPU 117 …./blogs/index.php
Top Process %CPU 99.0 …./blogs/index.php
Top Process %CPU 54.0 …./plugins/oiopub-direct/cron.phpCPU – 5.10
Memory – 1.12
mySQL – 0.1
I had this problem back then when I received 15,000 visitors in 2 days but I thought WP-SuperCache has already fixed that for good.
I was installing a new plug-in called Broken Link Checker 24 hours earlier and it made me wonder whether it’s the culprit. Although the report mentioned about the oiopub-direct cron job, I’ve already had that plug-in for months in my blog without any problems.
Nevertheless, I took the 2 plug-ins out of my blog and hopefully it fixes the issue. The support guy needs to monitor my blog’s usage for another 24 hours.
They offered me to upgrade to a dedicated hosting ($99/month)..err..no thanks, at least not yet.
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This issue has haunted me for quite some time. In the end, the issue never solved. So I decided to switch to Hostgator early last month.
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Well we have so many good hosting around now that switching one to another is actually pretty easy. I was thinking to switch over but I’ve already extended mine for another 4-5 years
I use both Broken Link Checker and OIO Publisher and haven’t had a resource problem. Interesting.
Hopefully you find what caused the increase in server resource usage.
Same as Paul I use both those plugins though not supercache and havent been hit by that issue.
Have look at your server logs may be a spammer just hitting your system hard
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Well the only server log I was given was the lines on my post. So I guess it doesn’t really help much.. Wish I have my own server so I can check the Apache logs, etc
speaking of hosting problems, my webhost totally shut down today. all websites are gone. turns out it was a reseller that didnt pay his bills and now im screwed over.
Ouch that sucks.. I guess it’s always better to go for the main host and not the resellers
I didn’t know he was a reseller, lol.
I am using WP Super Cache and it’s working great for me.
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I used wp super cache but then I realized I need a better reliable hosting and the outcome was 100% uptime and increase in blog statistics!
Hosting can be expensive but they are ought to be helpful in the long run.
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It turns out to be a reseller that didnt pay his bills and now im screwed over.
Mike, I am using Broken Link from last 4-5 months. Never had prob.
Can’t say about OIO plugin.
I hope you come with one more post after you pin down the culprit.
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