Hello,

Just wanted to post this for newbies in VPS/Dedicated server administration.

When you want to see how much memory is using by the system and users, simply type the following code in the Shell.

free -m

It will show you how much RAM you have in total and the free RAM on the system.

Please note that RAM is shown in MegaBytes.

I know the other big issue is the CPU usage. You get many emails from the server saying “High CPU load alert“.  Am I correct?

This may due to a spammer or a rapidleecher you are hosting on your server.

To find out who is using that much of CPU, simply type the following code in the Shell.

top –c

This will show you who is using the CPU causing a high load on the server.

(When you find him, don’t forget to terminate his/her account )