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Dedicated server traffic consumption model

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Traffic consumption model — a scheme for accounting for all dedicated server traffic (incoming, outgoing) that passes through an Internet port.

Available traffic consumption models depend on the network card port throughput:

  • if the network interface throughput is 1 Gbit/s, only one consumption model is available — 1 Gbit/s with unmetered traffic;
  • if the network interface throughput is greater than 1 Gbit/s, you can choose a consumption model — 1 Gbit/s of unmetered traffic or 300 TB with no bandwidth limits. You can also increase the consumption limit for traffic or bandwidth.

If the average bandwidth usage consistently exceeds 100 Mbps, we will offer you individual pricing terms. This is necessary to maintain network load balance and ensure high service quality for all clients. Temporary peak speeds are not taken into account.

By default, dedicated servers are physically connected to internet switches via copper cabling. This connection provides speeds of up to 1 Gbps. Requests for optical connections are handled on a case-by-case basis; to get started, create a ticket.

For servers in the Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk regions, if usage exceeds the limits defined by the traffic consumption model, bandwidth and traffic will not be throttled but will instead be charged additionally. This helps prevent interruptions in the software hosted on the server.

If the defined limits are exceeded, you will receive a notification with the following suggestions:

You can view the costs of additional services in the control panel: in the top menu, click Products → Dedicated Servers → server page → Services.

For more information about overages, view network statistics or generate a traffic consumption report.

Change consumption model

For your information

You can change the consumption model once per calendar month and only for servers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk regions.

  1. In the control panel, from the top menu, click Products and select Dedicated Servers.
  2. Open the server page → Network.
  3. In the Traffic consumption model block, expand the .
  4. Click Change consumption model.
  5. Select a traffic consumption model.
  6. Click Change consumption model.

Increase consumption limit

For your information

You can increase the consumption limit only for servers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk regions.

You can increase your consumption limit by enabling the Increase Traffic/Bandwidth Limit (3 TB/10 Mbps increment) add-on service. Additional limits are converted into the new model at an equivalent rate — every 10 Mbps of bandwidth equals 3 TB of traffic and vice versa.

  1. In the control panel, from the top menu, click Products and select Dedicated Servers.
  2. Open the server page → Services.
  3. In the Increase traffic/bandwidth consumption limit (3 TB/10 Mbit step) row, click Connect.
  4. Specify the quantity. For instance, to change the unlimited traffic consumption model from 1 Gbps to 5 Gbps, you need to purchase 400 units of the Increase Traffic/Bandwidth Limit (3 TB/10 Mbps increment).
  5. Click Pay.
  6. The service will be bound to the server's billing plan and will be displayed on the server page → Services tab in the Connected services.

Pay for a one-time limit overage

For your information

You can pay for a one-time limit overage only for servers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk regions.

One-time payment service is not bound to the server's billing plan and applies to rare traffic/bandwidth overages.

  1. In the control panel, from the top menu, click Products and select Dedicated Servers.
  2. Open the server page → Services.
  3. In the One-time payment for exceeding traffic/bandwidth consumption limit (3 TB/10 Mbit step) row, click Pay.
  4. Specify the quantity.
  5. Click Pay.

View network statistics

  1. In the control panel, from the top menu, click Products and select Dedicated Servers.

  2. Open the server page → Network.

  3. In the Network statistics block, click Show network statistics.

  4. Select a period:

    • day;
    • week;
    • month.

  5. The Internet port chart will display information about traffic passing through the Internet port for the selected period.

Generate a traffic consumption report

  1. In the control panel, from the top menu, click Products and select Dedicated Servers.

  2. Open the server page → Network.

  3. In the Traffic consumption model block, in the menu, select the required report:

    • Traffic consumption history — generates a report for the past six months with a monthly breakdown;
    • Download daily usage in CSV — generates a report for the specified period with a daily breakdown.