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Capacity planning for an Alpha upstream account

Track Master Resellers, WHM resellers and cPanel accounts so growth remains sustainable.

An Alpha-level upstream service can support cPanel, WHM reseller and Master Reseller products, but headline “unlimited” allowances should not replace real capacity monitoring.

Step by step

  1. Track total disk actually consumed by all direct and downstream accounts.
  2. Track counts of cPanel, reseller and Master accounts so unusual growth is visible.
  3. Keep a reserve rather than selling until the server is effectively full.
  4. Watch support volume and performance as well as storage; operational capacity can become constrained first.
  5. Have a plan for adding/moving upstream capacity before growth reaches a critical threshold.
Important

Unlimited commercial wording normally remains subject to physical infrastructure and acceptable-use constraints. HostLaunch packages should therefore use sensible defined customer allowances.

Checks and troubleshooting

Review capacity monthly at minimum and more frequently during rapid sales growth. A simple spreadsheet/dashboard of actual use versus thresholds is better than relying on intuition.