help, i spending too much time trying to figure this out,, signed confused,,,,
on the rs members area checking bandwidth useage,, my out is the higher number (5mb) my in (.06mb) aprox. now when i look at the history my in is (5mb) and the out is (.06)
in out out in what is what -- from the point of my server, which should normally be the in -- the higher or lower number,, my simple nubee thoughts say that request from a user is coming into my server and what they receive is coming out.. so which should be the higher number.. i think it would be that coming out normally ie: being received by the person or computer that made the request.... oh my head is starting to hurt!
chuck
Full Version: bandwidth - my java is getting cold
Hi,
That is the way a server owner thinks, but just take the label literally ...
Out for RS is out from their switches/routers to your server
In is from your server to their switches/routers.
Out is FROM server X -> your server
In is FROM your server TO server y.
Definitely confusing for us non-network admin types
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The number won't necessarily be smaller for traffic to your server vs. traffic out.
If you isolate HTTP only, yes, that would normally be the case .. but think of all the other traffic:
1) Email in/out (SMTP, POP, IMAP)
2) SSH in/out
3) B***d script kiddie script traffic and other scans/attack attempts
4) ftp in/out
Lots of traffic going on, not just HTTP.
It would be cool if RS did graphs of traffic in/out by protocol so we could see the big picture not just for overall in/out but protocol in/out .. on our servers we can see it per site and with MRTG installed on the server we can see per protocol, but it would be cool to see that from RS's perspective too as installing MRTG per server is a pain and uses that servers' resources up.
That is the way a server owner thinks, but just take the label literally ...
Out for RS is out from their switches/routers to your server
In is from your server to their switches/routers.
QUOTE
Total Out
(Up to Server)
(Up to Server)
Out is FROM server X -> your server
QUOTE
Total In
(Down from Server)
(Down from Server)
In is FROM your server TO server y.
Definitely confusing for us non-network admin types
.
The number won't necessarily be smaller for traffic to your server vs. traffic out.
If you isolate HTTP only, yes, that would normally be the case .. but think of all the other traffic:
1) Email in/out (SMTP, POP, IMAP)
2) SSH in/out
3) B***d script kiddie script traffic
and other scans/attack attempts
4) ftp in/out
Lots of traffic going on, not just HTTP.
It would be cool if RS did graphs of traffic in/out by protocol so we could see the big picture not just for overall in/out but protocol in/out .. on our servers we can see it per site and with MRTG installed on the server we can see per protocol, but it would be cool to see that from RS's perspective too as installing MRTG per server is a pain and uses that servers' resources up.
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