Turbo Hosting

Accelerate your site with Turbo Hosting! This collection of articles provides the information you need to get up and running.

Managed WordPress hosting

These articles provide the information you need to manage your Managed WordPress hosting account. This collection features articles with topics such as how to get started with Managed WordPress, how to install Jetpack, and how to manage themes.

Smart System Notifier

First Point Creatios Hosting's Smart System Notifier works constantly in the background, monitoring server performance and stability. If your account exceeds certain predefined usage limits, you may receive an e-mail message notifying you that resources have been limited. The following articles describe why this occurs, and how you can help resolve the problem.

High MySQL database usage on shared hosting accounts

You may receive an e-mail message from A2 Hosting about MySQL database usage on a shared account. These Smart System Notifier messages allow us to work together to improve your site's performance and stability before it becomes an issue that affects the entire server. Learn about possible causes and resolutions to these issues in this article.

High CPU usage on shared hosting accounts

You may receive an e-mail message from A2 Hosting about high CPU usage on a shared account. These Smart System Notifier messages allow us to work together to improve your site's performance and stability before it becomes an issue that affects the entire server. Learn about possible causes and resolutions to these issues in this article.

High bandwidth usage on shared hosting accounts

You may receive an e-mail message from A2 Hosting about high bandwidth usage on a shared account. These Smart System Notifier messages allow us to work together to improve your site's performance and stability before it becomes an issue that affects the entire server. Learn about possible causes and resolutions to these issues in this article.

Excessive disk usage on shared hosting accounts

You may receive an e-mail message from A2 Hosting about excessive disk usage on a shared account. These Smart System Notifier messages allow us to work together to improve your site's performance and stability before it becomes an issue that affects the entire server. Learn about possible causes and resolutions to these issues in this article.
 Identifying and reducing high disk usage on shared hosting accounts

This article discusses high disk usage on shared hosting accounts, including: common file locations for high disk usage, how to identify high disk usage locations, and how to reduce high disk usage.

Managed server customizations
These articles discuss various customizations for managed VPS and managed Dedicated Server systems.

List of customizations for managed VPS and managed Dedicated servers

Learn which customizations are supported (and currently not supported) on managed VPS and managed Dedicated Server platforms.

 Setting up New Relic

Learn how to set up the New Relic monitoring application on your managed VPS or managed Dedicated Server.

 CloudLinux monitoring and limits
This article discusses how CloudLinux monitors and regulates resource usage to improve performance and stability on the following products:

About CloudLinux

Shared, reseller, managed VPS, and managed Dedicated servers run CloudLinux, an operating system that includes many features for optimizing hosting environments.

CloudLinux actively monitors resource usage, and proactively limits accounts when they exceed predefined resource usage limits.

 What CloudLinux monitors and regulates 
CPU usage : If your account's CPU usage exceeds predefined limits, CloudLinux slows it down to acceptable limits. Your site remains available during this time. When CPU usage falls below the maximum limit, CloudLinux stops limiting your site. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service), spambot, and brute force attacks are all possible causes of high CPU usage. A poorly configured site can also cause this limit to be reached.

 Input/output (disk) usage: If disk usage exceeds predefined limits, CloudLinux slows down your site to bring it back within acceptable limits. Your site remains available during this time.
Memory usage: CloudLinux monitors your account's virtual and physical memory usage. If memory usage exceeds predefined limits, visitors to your site receive “500 Internal Server Error” or “503 Error” messages in their web browser. Additionally, CloudLinux slows down your site to bring it back within acceptable limits.
Process usage: CloudLinux monitors the number of processes running on your account. HTTP, SSH, CGI, and PHP connection requests all count towards this predefined limit, which is generous. If your web site exceeds this limit, visitors receive “503 Error” messages in their web browser. The limit is primarily in place to help prevent DDoS, spambot, and brute force attacks from affecting entire servers. However, a poorly configured site can also cause this limit to be reached.
MySQL usage:  CloudLinux's MySQL Governor monitors your account's MySQL usage and restricts it if any of the following resources exceed predefined limits:

• CPU usage
• Disk reads and writes
• Number of database connections

No error messages are displayed when this restriction occurs. When MySQL usage falls below the predefined limits, the MySQL Governor removes the restrictions. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service), spambot, and brute force attacks, as well as plugins and unoptimized databases, are all possible causes of high MySQL usage.

Packages Supporting Turbo Boost
In addition to Turbo Boost and Turbo Max hosting for shared accounts, A2 Hosting offers a Turbo Boost option for the following hosting packages:

• Managed VPS
• Unmanaged VPS
• Managed Dedicated server
  
  

Turbo Boost uses a drop-in Apache webserver replacement. When it is combined with Turbo Cache, servers can load pages up to 20 times faster than standard hosting servers. Additionally, Turbo Boost provides the following advantages over traditional hosting configurations:

• Less CPU and memory usage than Apache-based servers.
• Faster and more efficient connection handling.
• Enhanced stability.
• Turbo Cache: This feature stores the entire HTML output of a page. This offers significant performance benefits because a page's content can be served without running PHP each time it is requested.

 How to access and use Webuzo on an unmanaged server

This article describes how to use Webuzo on an unmanaged server. Webuzo includes a full-featured control panel, and an application installer that enables you to quickly and easily install a wide range of software applications with just a few clicks.

Using Webuzo for system administration

You can use Webuzo to do a wide range of system administration tasks for your server. For example, you can manage DNS settings, databases, e-mail, and much more.
 Email Hosting
These articles provide you with all of the information you need to configure and use email hosting services from First Point Creations Hosting.
 Ordering an email hosting plan

 Learn how to order email hosting from First Point Creations Hosting. This article walks you through each step of the ordering process.

Setting up DNS records for Professional and Pro Plus Email Hosting

Learn how to set up the necessary DNS records and get your email hosting plan up and running quickly. This article covers how to configure the MX and SPF records for your domain.

Setting up DKIM for Professional and Pro Plus Email Hosting

This article guides you through the steps to enable DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) for your Professional or Pro Plus Email Hosting account. By enabling DKIM, you can help ensure that your messages are delivered reliably to recipients.

Managing Professional and Pro Plus Email Hosting accounts

Learn how to manage your Professional and Pro Plus Email Hosting accounts using the First Point Creations Hosting Customer Portal. This article describes how to create and manage email accounts, set up a catch-all address, forwarders, and more.

Importing contacts into Professional and Pro Plus Email Hosting

Learn how to import your contacts from Gmail or a CSV file into Professional and Pro Plus Email Hosting accounts.

Changing your password in Professional and Pro Plus Email Hosting

This article explains how to change your account password in Professional and Pro Plus Email Hosting accounts.