Server bandwith utilization

Question

We have a Windows Server 2008 VPS in the cloud with un metered bandwidth. I need to change providers and servers as I need to go to Windows Server 2019. Today everybody has a transfer limit per package & I needed to determine how much I am currently using.
Using a Website Bandwidth calculator I came up with 7.5GB per month. That seemed too low. A tech suggested to see the NIC properties it shows the sent and received bytes and should be accurate.
I got the following results , which still seems too low.
Can I trust this number as accurate or does the sent and received bytes reset at some number ?
For 1243 days
Sent 3,494,658,436,564 bytes
Received 268,813,577,335 bytes
Total 3,763,472,013,899 bytes or 3,505 GB

Per month 89,606,476,521.40 bytes or 83.45 GB

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Answer 1

Hi @Ashwin Pai ,

I believe it should be correct, as far as I know it doesn't have a higher limit.

You can also check some statistics with the following commands:

netstat -e  

or:

wmic path Win32_PerfRawData_Tcpip_NetworkInterface get > C:\Temp\NetAdapterStatistics.txt  

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Best regards,
Leon

Answer 2

Hi ,

As far as I know, Bandwidth depends on your web page size, as well as the number of visitors to your website and the number of pages they visit.

The following article talking about how to calculate your Bandwidth needs, you might have a look:

How to Estimate Your Hosting Bandwidth Usage

How To Check Bandwidth Utilization Of VPS?

Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Best Regards,

Candy

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