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What does BandwidthIn and BandwidthOut graph represent for a service?


I have a service and its bandwidth graph looks like this enter image description here

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What does it represent.? I am using tutum which shows me these graphs.! Should I worry about it.? Please Explain! Any help is appreciated.!


Solution

  • Bandwidth is the the amount of data sent (Out) or received (In) in a period of time. Mbps stands for Mega bits per seconds, i.e., how many bits did you send or receive during that past whole second.

    I am sure you heard about xxx Mpbs from your internet provider, in which case, it correspond to the maximum speed you can have, but you are not required to use the whole bandwidth all the time.

    Same thing on Tutum, depending on your hosting provider / instance type you will also have a maximum Mbps bandwidth, but at any given t time, you are using YY Mbps out of your XX Mpbs maximum.

    As the graph increase, it simply means that you send/receive more data, which can mean that you have a higher traffic or you are doing some kind of networking activity.