Basically, I have been getting daily messages (over the last month) from Lunarpages stating the following:
Dear Larry Bevand,
A technician responded to your ticket with:
Hi,
I’ve performed another audit of your account today and seen that your account’s resource usage is still over our server’s limit.
Stats for 13 May 2015:
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CPU Usage - %3.90 -----[High]
MEM Usage - %0.02
Number of MySQL procs (average) - 0.21
Top Process %CPU 68.00 [php-cgi]
Top Process %CPU 34.80 spamd child
Top Process %CPU 34.00 /usr/local/php52/bin/php-cgi /home/chess9/public_html/chess-math/calendar/index.php
Stats for 12 May 2015:
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CPU Usage - %3.93 -----[High]
MEM Usage - %0.02
Number of MySQL procs (average) - 0.18
Top Process %CPU 80.00 /usr/local/php52/bin/php-cgi /home/chess9/public_html/echecs/cms/index.php
Top Process %CPU 62.00 /usr/local/php52/bin/php-cgi /home/chess9/public_html/forum/showthread.php
Top Process %CPU 42.00 [php-cgi]
Due to the fact that we've not heard of any new update from you and your account is continually causing high loads to the server, we have no choices but to take some action on this matter to stabilize our server functionalities.
Therefore, the following lines have been added to your .htaccess file to block the ranges of IP addresses that are well known as being used by bad bots and bots that always crawl websites too heavily.
deny from 54.166
deny from 184.169
deny from 54.82
deny from 54.80
deny from 54.176
deny from 54.243
deny from 54.242
deny from 54.87
deny from 54.183
deny from 54.221
deny from 88.198
deny from 84.36
deny from 54.193
deny from 54.215
deny from 54.205
deny from 54.246
deny from 65.52
deny from 65.55
deny from 199.30
deny from 157.55
deny from 157.56
deny from 207.46
deny from 61.135
deny from 119.63
deny from 123.125
deny from 220.181
deny from 180.76
deny from 148.251
deny from 144.76
deny from 46.4
deny from 88.198
deny from 216.107
deny from 198.27
deny from 162.210
deny from 78.46
deny from 178.63
deny from 5.9
deny from 82.49
deny from 82.193
deny from 199.58
deny from 100.43
deny from 68.180
deny from 54.224
deny from 54.145
deny from 199.21
deny from 192.99
deny from 100.43
deny from 62.210
deny from 46.105
deny from 136.243
deny from 80.82
deny from 208.115.113
deny from 46.151
deny from 66.11
deny from 212.129
deny from 91.194
deny from 54.198
deny from 54.162
deny from 107.23
deny from 173.242
deny from 198.245
deny from 212.83
deny from 188.40
deny from 94.23
deny from 54.241
deny from 58.49
deny from 199.16
deny from 54.196
deny from 54.161
deny from 23.23
deny from 54.197
deny from 54.158
deny from 54.146
deny from 174.129
deny from 23.20
deny from 199.59
deny from 176.36
deny from 195.154
deny from 54.144
deny from 54.145
deny from 209.126
deny from 37.59
deny from 46.229
deny from 37.187
deny from 37.140
deny from 163data.com.cn
deny from 27.159
deny from 27.157
deny from 27.153
deny from 27.154
deny from 27.151
deny from 27.150
deny from 59.58
deny from 59.173
deny from 59.174
deny from 61.131
deny from 120.33
deny from 120.37
deny from 120.40
deny from 120.42
deny from 120.43
deny from 121.205
deny from 125.78
deny from 220.161
deny from 221.232
deny from 222.77
deny from 222.88
deny from 110.89
deny from 110.87
deny from 110.86
deny from 110.82
deny from 110.84
deny from 110.85
deny from 110.239
deny from 117.26
deny from 117.30
deny from 37.58.100
deny from 188.165
deny from amazonaws.com
deny from 54.178
deny from 54.208
deny from 54.236
deny from 54.77
deny from 54.237
deny from 54.186
deny from 54.92
deny from 54.91
We will continue to monitor your account for the next few days to see how this will affect the usage of your account. You will be contacted again once we have more information.
Thank you for your cooperation. Please feel free to contact us if you see any issue or if you have any further questions or concerns.
Best Regards,
David Kawinsuporn
Junior System Administrator I
Lunarpages Internet Solutions
On Tuesday of this week I decided to have them do a complete verification of our account so that things go back to normal (yes there is a cost involved). This process could take up to 3 days...we will be back shortly. and I apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Larry Bevand