cPanel Server Selection

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The cPanel Server Selection window lets you select which server are active, the priority of the active servers and the method to use to select which server a new account will be created on. The screenshot below shows a cPanel Server Selection window with one inactive server and two active servers:

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cPanel Server Selection window

The servers ServerA and ServerB are active while ServerC is inactive. Within the active servers group, ServerA has a higher priority than ServerB. The dropdown box at the top allows you to choose a method by which a server is selected for a new account. The server selection methods with a description of each method are given below:

▪	Random active server ignoring resource limits: Randomly select an active server even if the max allowed disk space, bandwidth or accounts for the server have been exceeded.

▪	Random active server with sufficient resources: Randomly select an active server which has not exceeded the max allowed disk space, bandwidth and accounts and can accommodate the resource requirements of the new account.

▪	Highest priority active server with sufficient resources: Select the highest priority active server available which has not exceeded the max allowed disk space, bandwidth and accounts and can accommodate the resource requirements of the new account.

▪	Active Server with maximum available disk space: Select an active server which has maximum amount of unallocated disk space.

▪	Active Server with maximum available bandwidth: Select an active server which has maximum amount of unallocated bandwidth.

▪	Active Server with maximum available accounts: Select an active server which has maximum capacity to accommodate new accounts, that is, select the server in which Max accounts minus used accounts is the largest.

The servers can be dragged between the Active and Inactive lists. They can also be dragged up and down in the Active list to change their priority. The servers at the top of the Active list have a higher priority while the ones at the bottom have a lower priority. The screenshot below shows a server being dragged from the Inactive list to the Active list:

cPanel Server Selection Drag Drop