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    Traffic Has Been Hit Badly After Moving To VPS

    Hi,
    I shifted to knownhost VPS 2 days back and since then traffic has been hit badly. I know change in nameserver does hit traffic but mine has reduced almost by 60%!

    What do you think about it? Do I need to make any changes to server configuration?

    I have a wordpress based blog.

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    No valid reason for that except propagation delays....have you double checked all your DNS is correct? Try HERE!

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    I have double checked the dns. Everything is in order.

    Do you have any idea as to when will traffic return to normal?

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    Usually ip propagation would be done in max 72hours...
    Maybe you can check it using just-dnslookup.com

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    http://www.whatsmydns.net/
    shows propagation around the world. Maybe half of it is not yet aware of your DNS change...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Amitz View Post
    http://www.whatsmydns.net/
    shows propagation around the world. Maybe half of it is not yet aware of your DNS change...
    Quote Originally Posted by SerayaHost View Post
    Usually ip propagation would be done in max 72hours...
    Maybe you can check it using just-dnslookup.com


    Tried both of the web links. All of the places have new, updated DNS. I don't understand why traffic is so low If the samd trend continued I'll have to move back to shared hosting :p

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    It's nothing to do with your hosting as far as I can see! I've moved around a bit over the last 13 years and stats have always remained pretty constant.

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    Maybe you are right but it isn't working for me. And by 'moving back to shared hosting' I meant that this kind of traffic (monthly 210000 uv's) was handled quite well by my previous host!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Perryb View Post
    Maybe you are right but it isn't working for me. And by 'moving back to shared hosting' I meant that this kind of traffic (monthly 210000 uv's) was handled quite well by my previous host!
    Are you saying the VPS is crashing due to the traffic your receiving?
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    This could mean some traffic is still going to your old hosting account and it's not 100% thru us yet. DNS doesn't propagate all at once around the world. So some parts of the world may not be 100% updated yet. This is the only real explanation I can think of unless your VPS is crashing which you didn't say was the case which means "the VPS can handle your traffic thus far".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Perryb View Post
    Maybe you are right but it isn't working for me. And by 'moving back to shared hosting' I meant that this kind of traffic (monthly 210000 uv's) was handled quite well by my previous host!

    210000 UV's were handled by shared hosting???
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    Quote Originally Posted by KnownHost View Post
    This could mean some traffic is still going to your old hosting account and it's not 100% thru us yet. DNS doesn't propagate all at once around the world. So some parts of the world may not be 100% updated yet. This is the only real explanation I can think of unless your VPS is crashing which you didn't say was the case which means "the VPS can handle your traffic thus far".
    No the server isn't crashing although I want it to crash but due to surge in traffic And the DNS checking link's mentioned above suggested that all the major places have updated DNS. Then how come traffic is still going through old host?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamshed_11946 View Post
    210000 UV's were handled by shared hosting???
    Yes. Very well infact! It was more like a premium shared hosting. Contact Expertrio to know more

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    hostgator can handle this

    i also getting same traffic of 30k uv after that mine host kick me off

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    Well, that depends. Some folks get their site disabled for a time if they exceed resource limitations.
    Hosting is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

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    Sounds like you could use a dedicated server instead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by upside View Post
    Sounds like you could use a dedicated server instead.
    How would a dedicated server solve traffic issues? I am yet to make full use of VPS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Kusman View Post
    Thanks for the link buddy I'll check it out as and when I get on pc.

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    I had the same issue a while back. Moved from a shared reseller account to a VPS and my traffic dropped around 40% (if I remember correctly). After 4 days most of my traffic came back though not like it was before the move but within 90% of what it was.

    I cannot explain it but it did occur. The thing is I still had access to my reseller account and during the 4 days I experienced a decline in traffic on my VPS, my reseller account was not getting any traffic at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaKine View Post
    I had the same issue a while back. Moved from a shared reseller account to a VPS and my traffic dropped around 40% (if I remember correctly). After 4 days most of my traffic came back though not like it was before the move but within 90% of what it was.

    I cannot explain it but it did occur. The thing is I still had access to my reseller account and during the 4 days I experienced a decline in traffic on my VPS, my reseller account was not getting any traffic at all.
    I think Google leaves out the sites or something like that during DNS propagation. This is the same trend happening with my blog. It's been 3 days and traffic has been falling, marginally though. I just hope it returns to normal.

    Also, did you make any particular changes to your vps (am assuming your site is based on wordpress)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Perryb View Post
    I think Google leaves out the sites or something like that during DNS propagation. This is the same trend happening with my blog. It's been 3 days and traffic has been falling, marginally though. I just hope it returns to normal.

    Also, did you make any particular changes to your vps (am assuming your site is based on wordpress)?
    This occurred a few months ago I have numerous sites (personal) some are PHP forums, HTML and two are Wordpress sites. They all dropped about the same percentage. None of my customers have complained.

    I made no particular changes at that time except I no longer had Fantastico from the reseller and I added Softiculous. A month later I installed a Firewall.

    Also, I just recently had a 1.5-2 day downtime on my VPS and my traffic came back immediately.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaKine View Post
    This occurred a few months ago I have numerous sites (personal) some are PHP forums, HTML and two are Wordpress sites. They all dropped about the same percentage. None of my customers have complained.

    I made no particular changes at that time except I no longer had Fantastico from the reseller and I added Softiculous. A month later I installed a Firewall.

    Also, I just recently had a 1.5-2 day downtime on my VPS and my traffic came back immediately.
    That's great! Help me out with some luck

    BTW I am getting some email alerts (lfd) about some ip's being temporarily blocked for port scanning (11 hits). Can this be one of the reason?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Perryb View Post
    That's great! Help me out with some luck

    BTW I am getting some email alerts (lfd) about some ip's being temporarily blocked for port scanning (11 hits). Can this be one of the reason?
    You'll get those all the time.....check the IP locations against your user base demographics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by XTremo View Post
    You'll get those all the time.....check the IP locations against your user base demographics.
    One block was of Indian IP, from which majority of traffic comes and other of Morroco about which I am not worried. Will it be safe to increase this temporary block value? What do you recommend?

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