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I notice that Linode talked a good bit about their bandwidth and included outbound bandwidth in their pricing model which DO does not. I wonder if DO has a simi

by h4pless 12y ago

I notice that Linode talked a good bit about their bandwidth and included outbound bandwidth in their pricing model which DO does not. I wonder if DO has a similar model or if transfer capacity the only thing you have control over.

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geekam 12y ago
I do not understand the difference between outbound bandwidth vs the transfer. Can you explain a bit please?
- honopu 12y ago
  Bandwidth - How big the pipe is. Transfer - How much they let through the pipe. Just a guess.
- kilburn 12y ago
  If you read below the price tables you'll get a good hint: > What happens if I exceed my monthly transfer quota? > You will be invoiced $0.10 for each GB over your pooled network transfer quota. Please note that all inbound traffic is free and will not count against your quota. Bandwidth is the maximum Mbps that your VPS can spill out at any moment, whereas transfer is the maximum amount of per-month cumulative traffic that you can send out before incurring on additional traffic costs.
- h4pless 12y ago
  Yeah, honopu and kilburn got it right. My understanding is that transfer measurements are the maximum amount of data your instance can serve up in a month, while bandwidth is the speed at which it can do it. Its like downloading a 1 GB file to your computer using a 56k modem or a cable modem... the transfer amount will be 1 GB either way, but the cable modem will be a hell of a lot faster due to the increase in its bandwidth. As you upgrade your plan with Linode, your "modem" gets faster, however DO doesn't mention the speed of their "modem" or if its speed is affected by the price level you select.
- JohnnyBrown 12y ago
  bandwidth is the derivative of transfer over time. It has the same relationship to transfer as speed has to distance. bandwidth = d(transfer) / dt
gnopgnip 12y ago
Bandwidth is cheap when you are in a datacenter.

by h4pless 12y ago

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geekam 12y ago

I do not understand the difference between outbound bandwidth vs the transfer. Can you explain a bit please?

honopu 12y ago
Bandwidth - How big the pipe is. Transfer - How much they let through the pipe. Just a guess.
kilburn 12y ago
If you read below the price tables you'll get a good hint: > What happens if I exceed my monthly transfer quota? > You will be invoiced $0.10 for each GB over your pooled network transfer quota. Please note that all inbound traffic is free and will not count against your quota. Bandwidth is the maximum Mbps that your VPS can spill out at any moment, whereas transfer is the maximum amount of per-month cumulative traffic that you can send out before incurring on additional traffic costs.
h4pless 12y ago
Yeah, honopu and kilburn got it right. My understanding is that transfer measurements are the maximum amount of data your instance can serve up in a month, while bandwidth is the speed at which it can do it. Its like downloading a 1 GB file to your computer using a 56k modem or a cable modem... the transfer amount will be 1 GB either way, but the cable modem will be a hell of a lot faster due to the increase in its bandwidth. As you upgrade your plan with Linode, your "modem" gets faster, however DO doesn't mention the speed of their "modem" or if its speed is affected by the price level you select.
JohnnyBrown 12y ago
bandwidth is the derivative of transfer over time. It has the same relationship to transfer as speed has to distance. bandwidth = d(transfer) / dt

gnopgnip 12y ago

Bandwidth is cheap when you are in a datacenter.