Although we run ChurchMag on WP Engine and I fall in love with it more and more each day, I do have a Media Temple DV server that I keep my non-WordPress sites and websites I’ve built and maintain for some friends and ministries. If I didn’t love WP Engine so much, ChurchMag would probably be running on a Media Temple solution, as my DV uptime has only been beat by my WP Engine sites. Previous experiences (Media Temple GS, Site5 VPS, Site5 Reseller and Site5 TURBO) have given me less than desirable results.
Since my Media Temple DV requires more responsibility (learn more about managed vs unmanaged web hosting), I need to understand what my server is doing. Although Media Temple provides some basic data which is helpful, I would like to know exactly what’s using my server resources. Where can I trim and opitmize to not only make sites run faster, but more effeciently, too.
Here’s a new tool I’m trying:
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