A large part of web hosting is the bandwidth and disk space use. Without these two components, a website will fail miserably. Bandwidth is the speed of data transfer across a server to the website itself. The disk space is the amount of space used in storing data and information of the website. Depending on the web host account or package that you purchase, there is a designated amount of bandwidth and disk space that comes with the account. When the website has reached its bandwidth or disk space limit, chances are, the website will crash. It is always important to know the bandwidth and disk space limit for your account as this will help you manage your web hosting account well.

To learn how to setup the overusage notification in Helm 4, read the instructions below:

1. Log in to your Helm account.

2. The Main Menu page is now shown.

3. To setup Overusage notification, click Account Settings.

4. You will now be able to see the Account Settings page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the other icons available.

5. Click Notification Settings.

6. The Notification Settings page can now be seen. You can modify the notification setting here depending on when and where you want the notifications to be sent to.

7. Tick the box beside Can Send to allow you to send notification messages automatically from Helm.

8. Click Save.

9. The settings have been successfully changed. Click the Back button.

10. Click the Actions Notifications icon.

11. You will now be directed to the Action Notifications page. You can configure the possible notifications that can be sent to your customers.

12. Click the Overusage notification link.

13. The Action Notification Template page is now shown.

14. Click Add.

15. The Create Action Notification Template is now shown.

16. Enter a description for the notification on the box.

17. Enter the desired percentage on the box so that the customer will be notified when their bandwidth usage reaches it.

18. Click on the Resource drop-down box.

19. In the drop-down box beside Resource, choose Domain when we want to notify the customer that their domain’s bandwidth reaches the limit.

20. Click the Limit drop-down box.

21. Choose Maximum Bandwidth from the drop-down. Also take note of the other resource types that you can set up notifications for.

22. Tick the Suspend Account box if you want to suspend an account automatically.

23. Click the Internal Notifications tab.

24. In the Internal Notifications tab, you can fill this out if you also want to be notified when your customer’s bandwidth reaches the specified bandwidth percentage. Select Send Internally.

25. Enter a Subject for the notification.

26. Enter a message for the message body of the notification.

27. Click the Email tab.

28. In the Email tab, the information entered is what will be sent to your customer for the notifications.

29. Select Enabled.

30. Enter the Email subject.

31. Enter the message body.

32. Click Save when you’re finished. The overusage notification has been successfully changed. Both you and your customers will now be able to receive notifications when a bandwidth overusage is reached. You can also setup additional notifications for when the bandwidth reaches 100% or when disk usage reaches certain levels like 90%, 100%, etc.

33. Click Home.

34. The demo is now finished.

35. Thank you for watching the tutorial on how to setup the overusage notifications in Helm. Let us know if you have any questions.

Some web hosting service providers don’t have notification or warning system to inform the certain user that he has already exceeded his bandwidth or disk space limits. Helm 4 has an integrated, built-in notification system that can warn users automatically when they have already reached their bandwidth and disk space limit. It has an integrated communication system in it, notifying your users when a limit is reached and it is fairly easy to do. By configuring these settings, the overusage notifications can automatically warn your users by emailing them the notification. You can even add a message to the notification. You can also opt to receive a notification that a certain user has already reached their bandwidth or disk space limit.