VPS Server Monitoring Guide
Monitor your VPS performance, uptime, and resources effectively.
Monitoring your VPS helps identify performance issues, prevent downtime, and optimize resources before problems occur.
What to Monitor
- CPU Usage: Track processor utilization
- RAM Usage: Monitor memory consumption
- Disk Space: Watch storage capacity
- Network Traffic: Monitor bandwidth usage
- Uptime: Track server availability
- Load Average: System load over time
- Processes: Active applications and services
Best Monitoring Tools
1. Built-in Linux Tools
- top/htop: Real-time process monitoring
- df: Disk space usage
- free: Memory usage
- iotop: Disk I/O monitoring
- netstat: Network connections
2. Free Monitoring Solutions
- Netdata: Real-time performance monitoring
- Glances: System monitoring in terminal
- Monit: Process supervision and restart
- UptimeRobot: External uptime monitoring
3. Commercial Solutions
- Datadog: Comprehensive monitoring ($15/mo)
- New Relic: Application performance ($25/mo)
- Pingdom: Uptime and speed monitoring ($10/mo)
Setting Up Monitoring
Install Netdata (Recommended)
bash <(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh)Access at: http://your-server-ip:19999
Configure Email Alerts
Set up alerts for critical events:
- CPU usage above 80%
- RAM usage above 90%
- Disk space below 10%
- Server downtime
Performance Metrics to Track
| Metric | Good | Warning | Critical |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU Usage | < 50% | 50-80% | > 80% |
| RAM Usage | < 70% | 70-90% | > 90% |
| Disk Space | > 20% | 10-20% | < 10% |
| Load Average | < CPU cores | = CPU cores | > CPU cores |
Taiwan Web Hosting Monitoring
Our managed VPS includes 24/7 monitoring with automatic alerts. We proactively detect and fix issues. Learn about managed VPS.
VPS with 24/7 Monitoring
Taiwan Web Hosting monitors your VPS around the clock for optimal performance.