Shanghai Web Hosting

Take on a trial which DreamHost offers or ask a friend at some hosting company to do some tests on SSH:

1. Check for the number of server processors or CPUs
2. Check for the average load the server is experiencing

Get the 3 load average figures divided by the number of CPU they have on the server, add them up and further divide them by 3. With the final result:

• result <= 1 ( definitely an honest and great host)
• 1 < result <= 2 (good one, but questionable)
• 2 < result <= 5 (overselling, overselling, overselling, …)
• result > 5 (are you crazy?!)