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Dedicated server traffic consumption model
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Dedicated server traffic consumption model

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

  • ∞ TB/month. 1 Gbps bandwidth;
  • 300 TB/month. — channel bandwidth is determined by the physical connection (characteristics of the used network card, port speed).

By default, at the physical layer, dedicated servers are connected to the Internet switches by copper crossover. This connection provides speeds of up to 1 Gbps. Organization of the optical connection is discussed individually, for this purpose create a ticket.

For servers in the regions of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk, if the limits defined by the traffic consumption model are exceeded, the speed and traffic are not limited, but additionally charged. This avoids interruptions to the software hosted on the server.

If the set limits are exceeded, you will receive a notice with a proposal:

The cost of additional services can be viewed in control panel.

For more information about the exceedance, view network statistics or generate traffic-consumption-report.

Change consumption patterns⁠

For your information

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

  1. In Control Panel, go to Servers and Hardware → Servers.
  2. Open the server page → Network tab.
  3. In the Traffic Consumption Model block, expand the menu (⋮).
  4. Click Change Consumption Pattern.
  5. Familiarize yourself with the changes being made.
  6. Click Change Consumption Pattern.

Increase consumption limit⁠

For your information

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

To increase the consumption limit, you can activate the additional service Traffic/bandwidth consumption limit increase (step 3 TB/10 Mbit). The limit of bandwidth consumption (in 10 Mbps increments) or traffic consumption (in 3 TB increments) will increase. When the consumption model changes, the additional limits are converted to the new model in appropriate increments — every 10 Mbit of speed into 3 TB of traffic and vice versa.

  1. In Control Panel, go to Servers and Hardware → Servers.
  2. Open the server page → Services tab.
  3. Go to Available Services.
  4. Select the service Traffic/bandwidth consumption limit increase (3 TB/10 Mbit step).
  5. Press Connect Service.
  6. Specify Payment Period.
  7. Click Pay for Service.
  8. The service will be bound to the server's billing option and will be displayed on the server page → Services tab in the Connected services block.

Pay for one-time overlimit⁠

For your information

You can pay for one-time limit exceeding only for servers in the regions of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk.

One-time-payment service is not tied to the server plan and is used for infrequent traffic/bandwidth overages.

  1. In Control Panel, go to Servers and Hardware → Servers.
  2. Open the server page → Services tab.
  3. Go to Available Services.
  4. Select the service Recurring payment for exceeding the traffic/bandwidth consumption limit (3 TB/10 Mbit step).
  5. Click Pay.

View network statistics⁠

  1. In Control Panel, go to Servers and Hardware → Servers.

  2. Open the server page → Network tab.

  3. Go to the Network Statistics block.

  4. Click Show Network Statistics.

  5. Select a period:

    • day;
    • week;
    • month.

  6. The Internet Port graph displays information about the traffic passing through the Internet port for the selected period.

Generate a report on traffic consumption⁠

  1. In Control Panel, go to Servers and Hardware → Servers.

  2. Open the server page → Network tab.

  3. In the Traffic Consumption Model block, select the desired report from the menu (⋮):

    • Traffic History — generates a report for the past six months with month-by-month details;
    • Download by day to CSV — generates a report for the specified period with day-by-day detail.