With the Megabit Cloud | Web Hosting CDN, you can get an understanding of the traffic and requests accessing your sites.
Detailed data sets are collated and presented in charts for each of your sites at Megabit Cloud | Web Hosting, giving you insights into your site’s performance.
Accessing site Statistics
You can access the statistics for each site you host from the package overview page with your Megabit Cloud | Web Hosting account.
- Select the package for which you wish to view the statistics by selecting Manage.
- Select Statistics
You’ll be presented with the CDN Statistics overview with the option to switch to the Traffic Distribution view.
Total Bandwidth - This refers to the amount of data (in bytes) sent through the Megabit Cloud | Web Hosting CDN to the client. This is split between data that’s been served from the origin server (uncached bandwidth) and served from the CDN nodes (cached bandwidth).
Total Hits - This refers to the number of files and sessions that have been transferred using the CDN network, it’s important to note that this isn't the same as ‘unique visitors’.
You can filter the statistics by a time period using the toggles at the top-right of each section.
Traffic Distribution
The statistics also show a geographic overview of incoming requests to your side. This can also be toggled between Last Hour, Last Day and Last Week.
You can hover over a country to see figures for that location.
Total Bandwidth
- Total Bandwidth - Total amount of bandwidth (sum of bytes) served by Megabit Cloud | Web Hosting's CDN network
- Cached Bandwidth - Amount of bandwidth for requests considered as “cached”, i.e., the response is served from Megabit Cloud | Web Hosting's CDN Cache
- Uncached Bandwidth - Amount of bandwidth for requests considered as “uncached”, i.e., the response is served directly from the backend server
Total Hits
- Total Hits - Total number of requests captured by Megabit Cloud | Web Hosting's CDN network.
- Cached Hits - Number of requests considered as “cached”, i.e., the response is served from Megabit Cloud | Web Hosting's CDN Cache.
- Uncached Hits -Number or requests considered as “uncached”, i.e., the response is served directly from the backend server.
SSL Hits vs. Non-SSL Hits
This graph shows the number of requests encrypted via the HTTPS protocol instead of the unencrypted HTTP protocol. If appeals to a site such as http://example.com are made, this will constitute an insecure request.
You’ll want to ensure that as many requests to your sites are made over HTTPS. Most often, this can be achieved using a 301 redirect, WordPress plugin, or guaranteeing the WordPress site and home URL utilize HTTPS. You will also need an SSL certificate to cover the site.
HTTP Successful Requests vs Error Requests
Successful Request - These requests are all HTTP requests in the range of 200-399, such as '200 OK' requests or 301 Redirects.
Error Requests - These are defined as HTTP requests ≥ 400, such as 404 Not Found requests or 503 Internal Server Errors.
It’s crucial that the amount of successful requests is maximized. If you see a higher rate of error requests, you should consider checking the access and error logs for any data about requests.
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