Originally Posted by Kayla

This tutorial is meant for dedicated server clients only. Once logged in as root you should see something like this.

root[at]yourservername [~]#

This means your are logged in as root on your server, and are at /root (~) directory. If your server is performing slow, or giving you problems. type 'w' and push enter to see some basics.

root[at]yourservername [~]# w
11:23am up 19 days, 9:41, 1 user, load average: 0.72, 0.75, 0.22
USER TTY FROM LOGIN[at] IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root pts/3 151.198.85.20 11:21am 1.00s 0.02s 0.01s w

The main thing you're looking for here is the load average. Here's how to read it.

load average: 0.72, 0.75, 0.22