How do I find out the name of my shared hosting server?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

Aplus.Net’s following UNIX-based and Windows-based shared hosting accounts can use the Usage Meter tool available in the Aplus.Net Control Panel:

• UNIX-based: Personal Unix, Business Class Unix, Pro, and eCommerce Unix.
• Windows-based: Personal Windows, Business Class Windows, Pro Windows, and eCommerce Windows.

Here’s how to access the Usage Meter tool:

1. Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.

2. Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.

3. Next, select Hosted Domains and click on Manage Hosted Domains.

4. Now, click on the utility domain name associated with your hosting plan (yourftpusername.web.aplus.net or yourftpusername.win.aplus.net).

5. Click the Usage Meter icon.

6. The Current Disk Usage section provides information on how you are using your space quota (in MB).

7. Use the Setup/Environment section to view information about the name of your hosting server and the absolute server path to your files, as well as different environment variables useful for your various scripts (PHP, Perl, ASP, etc.).

Note: Unix-based shared hosting customers can use the Recent Usage and Usage History sections to check their usage of Website Traffic (bandwidth), CPU time and MySQL Database Conqueries. As you know, there are specific plan-related limitations considering these resources on our shared hosting servers. The information is presented in two tables: Recent Usage (available for yesterday, last 3 days, last week, last 2 weeks, or last 4 weeks) and Usage History (available for each of the last three months).

The tables show your Current usage (for the specified time period), the Allowed quota (the limit for the specified time period), and a Percentage value (percentage of the allowed resources currently used).