Understand the “Resources usage” section in cPanel

At Hodi, every web hosting account comes with allocated resources (CPU, memory, etc.).

These resources ensure the stability and performance of our infrastructure, preventing one website from impacting others.

If your activity grows (more visitors, heavier scripts, e-commerce, etc.), it is possible to increase your resources by upgrading your hosting plan.

The “Resource Usage” section in cPanel allows you to precisely monitor your consumption. You may click on **“Current usage” **to view your current usage.

CPU Usage

What does this graph show?

• Green line (average): your average CPU consumption
• Red line (limit): the maximum limit allowed by your hosting plan
• Blue line (database): consumption related to the database
• Light vertical bars (faults): moments when the limit was reached

How to interpret it?

• If the green line stays far from the limit → ✅ everything is fine
• If it regularly touches the red line → ⚠️ your site is reaching its limit
• If you see frequent “faults” → ⚠️ some requests are being slowed down or temporarily limited

RAM Memory (Physical Memory Usage)

What does this graph show?

• Green line: memory usage
• Red line: your plan’s RAM limit

How to interpret it?

• If the green line stays far from the limit → ✅ everything is fine
• If it occasionally touches the limit → normal during heavy processing
• If it regularly touches the red line → ⚠️ some requests are being blocked (this may cause 503 errors)

Resource Limits (Faults) and Common Causes

• CPUf: CPU limit reached
• PMemF: physical memory limit reached
• NprocF: too many simultaneous processes (often linked to other resource limits)
• IOf: disk input/output limit reached
• IOPSf: too many disk operations

Occasional isolated spikes are normal, but repeated spikes indicate a need for optimization or that your hosting plan may be under-sized.

The most common causes of resource overuse are:

• heavy plugins or modules (WordPress, e-commerce…)
• lack of caching
• large imports/exports
• heavy database queries
• overly frequent scheduled tasks (cron jobs)
• a traffic spike generating many simultaneous PHP processes

Your developer can, for example, use tools such as PHP X-Ray (in cPanel) to precisely analyze what is consuming time and memory: slow SQL queries, heavy plugins, expensive PHP functions, external calls, or scripts running too frequently. This type of analysis helps identify the exact bottleneck and optimize the code or configuration before considering an upgrade.

Updated on: 21/02/2026