How to Check Server Resources (CPU, RAM, Disk)

Prerequisites

Before checking server resources, make sure you have:

• Your Hostxpeed account login (for portal method)
• SSH access to your VPS (for command line method)
• Your server IP address and root password

Method 1: Check Resources via Hostxpeed Portal (Live Stats)

This method shows real-time statistics directly from your Hostxpeed client area:

1. Log in to your Hostxpeed Client Area at https://server.softileo.com
2. Navigate to My Services
3. Click on your active VPS service
4. You will see 8 live stat cards showing real-time server metrics:

Resource Cards Explained:

• RAM Usage - Example: 32.7% (2.5 GB / 8 GB)
• CPU Usage - Example: 0.0% (4 vCPU Cores)
• Storage Used - Example: 11% (7.6 GB / 75 GB)
• Server Uptime - Example: 99.9% (1 Days)
• Load Average - Example: 0.5 (1m / 5m / 15m)
• Network I/O - Example: 63.4 Mbps (inbound) / 208.9 Mbps (outbound)
• Connections - Active sessions count
• Bandwidth - Example: 27.2 GB (used this month)

Method 2: Check Resources via SSH (Command Line)

Connect to your VPS first:

ssh hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP -p 22

Check CPU Usage

top

Press q to exit. For a cleaner view:

htop

If htop is not installed:

apt install htop -y

Check CPU Information

lscpu

Or:

nproc

Check RAM Usage

free -h

Example output:

              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           7.8G        2.5G        4.2G        123M        1.1G        4.8G
Swap:          2.0G        0.0G        2.0G

Check Disk Usage

df -h

Example output:

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1        75G   7.6G   67G  11% /

Check Disk I/O

iotop

Or install sysstat package:

apt install sysstat -y

iostat -x 1

Check Load Average

uptime

Example output:

10:30:01 up 1 day, load average: 0.05, 0.10, 0.15

Check Network Usage

nload

If not installed:

apt install nload -y

Or use:

iftop

Check Running Processes

ps aux

Sort by CPU usage:

ps aux --sort=-%cpu | head -10

Sort by memory usage:

ps aux --sort=-%mem | head -10

Check Open Ports and Connections

netstat -tunap

Or:

ss -tunap

Understanding Load Average

Load average shows 3 numbers: 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes.

• Less than 1.0 - Server is idle
• Equal to number of CPU cores - Server is at capacity
• Greater than CPU cores - Server is overloaded

Example: With 4 CPU cores, load average of 4.0 means all cores are fully utilized.

Create a Resource Monitoring Script

Save this as monitor.sh:

#!/bin/bash
echo "=== CPU Usage ==="
top -bn1 | grep "Cpu(s)"
echo ""
echo "=== RAM Usage ==="
free -h
echo ""
echo "=== Disk Usage ==="
df -h
echo ""
echo "=== Load Average ==="
uptime

Make it executable and run:

chmod +x monitor.sh

./monitor.sh