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### Limiting the Amount of Resources a Site Can Consume

By default, new web sites that you set up without the help of domain templates, are allowed to consume unlimited amounts of bandwidth (data transfer) and disk space.

To limit the amount of resources this site can consume:

1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
2. Click Limits.
3. Adjust the resource usage allotments as required:
   1. Maximum number of domain aliases. Specify the number of domain aliases that can be used for this domain.
   2. Maximum number of subdomains. Specify the number of subdomains that can be hosted under this domain.
   3. Disk space. Specify the total amount of disk space allocated to a hosting account associated with the domain. This amount is measured in megabytes. It includes disk space occupied by all files related to this domain/web site: web site contents, databases, applications, mailboxes, log files and backup files. This is the so-called soft quota: when it is exceeded, domain names and web sites are not suspended automatically, only the appropriate notices are sent to your and your provider's e-mail addresses and the resource overage is indicated by the icon shown in the control panel to the left of the domain name (see the list of domain names on your Home page).

      Then it is up to you to decide what to do with the domain. You can notify the domain owner and suspend the domain/web site after a grace period until you receive the payment or upgrade the hosting plan for your customer (see the Upgrading Hosting Accounts section for more information).

   4. MySQL databases quota and Microsoft SQL databases quota. Specify the maximum disk space amount that MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases respectively can occupy on a domain.
   5. Maximum amount of traffic. Specify the amount of data in megabytes that can be transferred from the web site during a month. Once the limit is reached, the appropriate notices are sent to your and your provider's e-mail addresses and the resource overage is indicated by a corresponding icon shown in the control panel to the left of the domain name (see the list of domain names on your Home page). When a web site starts attracting more visitors and requires more bandwidth, consider upgrading a hosting plan (see the instructions on upgrading hosting plan below).
   6. Maximum number of web users. Specify the number of personal web pages that the domain owner can host for other users under his or her domain. This service is mostly used in educational institutions that host non-commercial personal pages of their students and staff. These pages usually have web addresses like http://your-domain.com/~username. If you wish to allow execution of scripts embedded in personal web pages, select also the Allow the web users scripting check box.
   7. Maximum number of additional Microsoft FrontPage accounts. Speficy the maximum number of additional Microsoft FrontPage accounts that can be created on a domain.
   8. Maximum number of additional FTP accounts. Speficy the maximum number of additional FTP accounts that can be created on a domain.
   9. Maximum number of MySQL databases and Maximum number of Microsoft SQL server databases. Specify the maximum number of MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases respectively that can be hosted on a domain.
   10. Maximum number of mailboxes. Specify the number of mailboxes that can be hosted in a domain.
   11. Mailbox quota. Specify the amount of disk space in kilobytes that is allocated to each mailbox in a domain.
   12. Total mailboxes quota. Specify the total amount of disk space available for all mailboxes on a domain.
   13. Maximum number of mail redirects. Specify the number of mail redirects that can be used in a domain.
   14. Maximum number of mail groups. Specify the maximum number of mail groups that can be used in a domain.
   15. Maximum number of mail autoresponders. Specify the number of automatic responses that can be set up in a domain.
   16. Maximum number of mailing lists. Specify the number of mailing lists that the domain owner can run in a domain. To allow the use of mailing lists, you should also put a check mark into the Mailing lists check box under the Preferences group.
   17. Maximum number of Java applications. Specify the maximum number of Tomcat Java applications and applets that the domain owner can install in a domain.
   18. Maximum number of ODBC connections. Specify the maximum number of ODBC connections that can be set up on a domain.
   19. Validity period. Specify the term for a hosting account. At the end of the term, the domain/web site will be suspended, its Web, FTP and mail services will no longer be accessible to the Internet users, and domain owner will not be able to log in to the control panel. Hosting accounts cannot be automatically renewed, therefore, in order to bring the hosted domain name/web site back to operation, you will need to manually renew the hosting account: on your Home page, click the domain name your need, click the Limits icon, specify another term in the Validity period box, click OK, then click Switch On in the Domain group (Home > domain name).
4. Click OK.