Excessive bandwidth usage

My wife's school has been using SGD for for a couple of years to allow her to remote desktop to her school PC from our home one - using just Word and Excel. In the last couple of months SGD has gone from using a few hundred MB per day to ~5-8GB per day - that is more than we used to use in a month! Does anyone know why this may have occurred?
Is there anything that can be done to reduce it?
Needless to say our ISP is very happy to charge us extra for all the extra bandwidth we now need. Nothing has changed at our end.

Hi.
Do you know which SSGD release has been installed on the server (at school I mean)?
You could simply ask an SSGD administrator to type "/opt/tarantella/bin/tarantella version" to find it out.
That's rather strange since SSGD is highly optimized as to reduce the network traffic.
Are you sure it's SSGD which is causing that huge bandwidth usage?
Give a network monitor/sniffer (eg, http://netlimiter.com/download.php) a try so see if there's something else which is hogging your bandwidth.
Cheers,
Rob

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Optimize network bandwidth usage in large multi-size corporate environments

SymptomsTo maintain a high protection level, you may notice an increase in bandwidth due to the increased number of updates released per day. Policy Manager Proxy (PMP) installations are especially affected as the additional strain on the likely slower network connection that exists between the remote site hosting the PMP installation(s) and the main corporate site with Policy Manager Server (PMS). The network bandwidth usage can be especially high when computers are turn on on Monday as the update packages accumulate over the weekend.
DiagnosisBy default, the Automatic Update Server (AUS) in PMS calculates byte-level differences for the last five update packages (per update channel). In the event where computers were turned off over the weekend, client machine has missed five updates, and PMS will then download a full update package (Aquarius Windows updates can be approximately 140MB in size). When this happens, network bandwidth usage can be excessively high.
SolutionWe recommend applying the suggested changes on all PMS and PMP systems and all of the F-Secure clients behind PMP installations. This may reduce the update size from 140MB to 10MB. The suggested solution consists of three different changes, outlined below:
1. Increase the number of byte-level difference files stored by the PMS
For Windows
To increase the number of byte-level differentials maintained by Automatic Update Server:
Open [F-Secure Installation Path]\FSAUS.PM\conf\server.cfg in Notepad.
Find the key num_old_versions_to_compare, change the value to 50, and save the file.
Restart Automatic Update Agent (AUA) and Automatic Update Server (AUS). In command prompt: net stop fsaua, net start fsaua, net stop fsms, net start fsms.
For Linux
To increase the number of byte-level differentials maintained by Automatic Update Server:
Open /etc/opt/f-secure/fsaus/conf/server.cfg.
Find the key num_old_versions_to_compare, change the value to 50, and save the file.
Restart Automatic Update Agent (AUA) and Automatic Update Server (AUS) daemons (root privileges required): #/etc/init.d/fspms restart
The overall disk space requirement for PMS increases. We estimate the disk consumption to increase by 10GB. Make sure the hard disk hosting the Policy Manager Server installation (Program files\F-Secure\Management Server 5\) has enough disk space.
2. Increase the cache size available on the PMP for storing files
For Windows
Note: Use the Advanced mode in Policy Manager Console (View >> Advanced mode) to edit the setting.
Go to F-Secure Policy Manager Proxy > Settings > Communication > Cache size.
The default setting is 500. Increase this to 5000 (5GB) and distribute new policies.
Verify the setting on all Policy Manager Proxy systems and adjust the settings, if needed. The setting specifies how much disk space is set aside for storing databases on the Policy Manager Proxy.
For Linux
As Policy Manager Proxy on Linux is not centrally managed, the change involves modifying a configuration file that exists on the Policy Manager Proxy system locally.
Open /etc/opt/f-secure/fspmp/conf/proxy.cfg.
Find the key max_cache_size, and change the value to 5000: max_cache_size=5000.
Restart the fspmp daemon (root privileges required): #/etc/init.d/fspmp restart
3. Adjust the F-Secure Anti-Virus client configuration using Policy Manager Console (PMC) to help prevent clients from immediately falling back to downloading updates directly from the PMS.
In case the client is unable to connect to the Policy Manager Proxy, for example due to high network traffic and multiple downloads taking place, the following setting dictates how soon the client attempts to connect directly to the Policy Manager Server to download updates.
In Policy Manager Console, go to F-secure Automatic Update Agent > Settings > Communications > Policy Manager Proxies > PMP Proxy fallback time.
Default value is zero which means fallback to PMS takes place immediately, in case where Policy Manager Proxy installation cannot be reached. To prevent this from happening, configure this setting to a higher value (suggest 7 hours).
These steps should ensure database updates are only downloaded via the PMP.

SymptomsTo maintain a high protection level, you may notice an increase in bandwidth due to the increased number of updates released per day. Policy Manager Proxy (PMP) installations are especially affected as the additional strain on the likely slower network connection that exists between the remote site hosting the PMP installation(s) and the main corporate site with Policy Manager Server (PMS). The network bandwidth usage can be especially high when computers are turn on on Monday as the update packages accumulate over the weekend.
DiagnosisBy default, the Automatic Update Server (AUS) in PMS calculates byte-level differences for the last five update packages (per update channel). In the event where computers were turned off over the weekend, client machine has missed five updates, and PMS will then download a full update package (Aquarius Windows updates can be approximately 140MB in size). When this happens, network bandwidth usage can be excessively high.
SolutionWe recommend applying the suggested changes on all PMS and PMP systems and all of the F-Secure clients behind PMP installations. This may reduce the update size from 140MB to 10MB. The suggested solution consists of three different changes, outlined below:
1. Increase the number of byte-level difference files stored by the PMS
For Windows
To increase the number of byte-level differentials maintained by Automatic Update Server:
Open [F-Secure Installation Path]\FSAUS.PM\conf\server.cfg in Notepad.
Find the key num_old_versions_to_compare, change the value to 50, and save the file.
Restart Automatic Update Agent (AUA) and Automatic Update Server (AUS). In command prompt: net stop fsaua, net start fsaua, net stop fsms, net start fsms.
For Linux
To increase the number of byte-level differentials maintained by Automatic Update Server:
Open /etc/opt/f-secure/fsaus/conf/server.cfg.
Find the key num_old_versions_to_compare, change the value to 50, and save the file.
Restart Automatic Update Agent (AUA) and Automatic Update Server (AUS) daemons (root privileges required): #/etc/init.d/fspms restart
The overall disk space requirement for PMS increases. We estimate the disk consumption to increase by 10GB. Make sure the hard disk hosting the Policy Manager Server installation (Program files\F-Secure\Management Server 5\) has enough disk space.
2. Increase the cache size available on the PMP for storing files
For Windows
Note: Use the Advanced mode in Policy Manager Console (View >> Advanced mode) to edit the setting.
Go to F-Secure Policy Manager Proxy > Settings > Communication > Cache size.
The default setting is 500. Increase this to 5000 (5GB) and distribute new policies.
Verify the setting on all Policy Manager Proxy systems and adjust the settings, if needed. The setting specifies how much disk space is set aside for storing databases on the Policy Manager Proxy.
For Linux
As Policy Manager Proxy on Linux is not centrally managed, the change involves modifying a configuration file that exists on the Policy Manager Proxy system locally.
Open /etc/opt/f-secure/fspmp/conf/proxy.cfg.
Find the key max_cache_size, and change the value to 5000: max_cache_size=5000.
Restart the fspmp daemon (root privileges required): #/etc/init.d/fspmp restart
3. Adjust the F-Secure Anti-Virus client configuration using Policy Manager Console (PMC) to help prevent clients from immediately falling back to downloading updates directly from the PMS.
In case the client is unable to connect to the Policy Manager Proxy, for example due to high network traffic and multiple downloads taking place, the following setting dictates how soon the client attempts to connect directly to the Policy Manager Server to download updates.
In Policy Manager Console, go to F-secure Automatic Update Agent > Settings > Communications > Policy Manager Proxies > PMP Proxy fallback time.
Default value is zero which means fallback to PMS takes place immediately, in case where Policy Manager Proxy installation cannot be reached. To prevent this from happening, configure this setting to a higher value (suggest 7 hours).
These steps should ensure database updates are only downloaded via the PMP.

How can I reduce excessive data usage?

My wife and I recently moved to the country and have no internet available by a physical cable or wire from an ISP. Our internet service is provided through a Verizon Jetpack that we lease from Verizon. We have an iPhone 4s, iPhone 5s, an iPad 1, and an iPad 2 (both iPads are WiFi only)
Our problem is excessive data usage. Prior to our move, our iPhones each used approx .2GB per month. 16 days into our current billing month, the iPhones have each used approx 1.2GB, but our Jetpack (which creates our home WiFi for our iPads) has already used 10GB. We do not stream anything on our iPads. We use them in the evening for surfing the internet, checking Facebook, and playing Words With Friends. That's about it. The Verizon online data calculator indicates we shoud be using about 4GB per month based on our iPad usage. Yet my data usage log says that one night this week between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM, our Jetpack used a full 1GB. Is it possible that our Jetpack is simply "burning up" GBs while we sleep?

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I'm having problems with excessive email usage on my iphone 4/ios 7. Just noticed that (settings/usage) it was using 900 mb. I deleted all my mail, deleted the mail account, and it still says it's using 661 mb. My ipad uses a fraction of that.

I'm having problems with excessive email usage on my iphone 4/ios 7. Just noticed that it (settings/usage) was using 900+ mb. I deleted all my mail, deleted the mail account, turned the phone off and back on, downloaded any remaining mail on the server to Outlook on my computer, and it still says it's using 661 mb. My ipad uses a fraction of that.
Background: I recently (December) bought an ipad and set up icloud for contacts and calendar, but NOT mail. My email provider is Verizon. I use computer, iphone, and ipad to check my email; eventually I download it from the server using Outlook on the computer and then delete any remaining emails from the phone and ipad. I can't find info on this problem anywhere.

Howdy there COUGAR444,
It sounds like your iPad all of a sudden seems to be restarting out of no where. If you haven't called AppleCare yet, I would start with quitting either the app that seems to be causing the issue, or all the apps if a single doesn't seem to be the culprit.
iOS: Force an app to close
Double-click the Home button.
Swipe left or right until you have located the app you wish to close.
Swipe the app up to close it.
When you have done that restart the device and test the issue again:
iOS: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
If the issue persists, backup your device to iTunes, then restore it as new and verify that it works.
How to erase your iOS device and then set it up as a new device or restore it from backups
If it does, then restore your backup to either verify it still works and the software just needed reinstalled, or isolate the issue to the backup file itself.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Sterling

How can i calculate the bandwidth usage of my Azure subscription?

Hi,
I know currently there is no API which provide bandwidth usage details. Is there any other way to find out my subscription's bandwidth usage?
Thank you!

Hi,
Please have a look at below thread.
#http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4590682/how-to-measure-windows-azure-bandwidth-usage-programmatically
Here is a snippet.
The Azure SDK doesn't provide any billing or consumption information programatically. As lgorek stated, you can approximate usage with IIS And WCF performance counters.And you'll also be able to use your own logging to track traffic from different users.
However, you won't be able to track bandwidth consumed when users download content from blob storage. Well, you could, but only if all of your blobs were private and you streamed their content through your web application instead of direct links on your web
pages .
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Apple Inc. Display iSight
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Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
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The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
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I have disconected the Bell modem from the internet and the problem goes away. The Macbook streams efficiently to the Apple TV using the home wireless network.
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Paul

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When I use Adobe Connect I am online and broadcasting for about 4 hours a day, for 10 days at a time. I only do screen sharing and voice -- no video.
I have DSL Internet. The DSL upload speeds are very poor (under 1Mb). To speed things up, I thought I'd look into getting a 4G hotspot, but I'm worried about actual bandwidth usage, since such plans have a practical limit of 5 or 10Gb per month.
My off-hand guess is that If I were to watch a video of myself, I guess it would be a couple of gigs for a four hour, non-HD video. So by that very rough guestimate, I'd hit 20Gb pretty easily over the 40 hours of my meeting. Is that right the way to think about it?
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http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/adobeconnect/pdfs/web-conferencing/Adob e-Connect-9-Technical-Guide.pdf

Calculate bandwidth usage

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i m developing live video broadcasting app in fms.. hw to calculate bandwidth usage for each and every user

hi,
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I live in the sticks, unfortunately my only option for internet is satellite which has limited monthly bandwidth usage. My question is, Abobe CC constantly send and receive data, which would use my bandwidth usage?

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Thanks for your interest in Typekit! The font licensing through Typekit does not include the option to embed the fonts in a native app. In order to use a font in an app, you will need to purchase a separate license from the foundry.
For more details, please refer to the "Typekit Font Licensing" help page.
We hope to be able to support embedded fonts in the future, but it isn't available at this time. Sorry I couldn't be of more help; please let me know if you have any other questions.
-- liz

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Twice today I've glanced at Activity Monitor's Dock icon, which I have set to view Network Usage, and saw a large amount of data streaming continuously through my internet connection.
This morning when I noticed it for the first time, I poked around my system, and after not seeing any other programs (Safari, Software Update, etc.) being active, I tried quitting Messages Beta - and the bandwidth instantly dropped down to nothing. At that time, it was moving around 60KB/sec upstream, and probably around half that downstream according to Activity Monitor.
A few minutes ago this evening, I saw it happen again - my Activity Monitor was showing heavy continuous bandwidth usage. This time I simply set my status to 'Offline' in Messages Beta and once again it instantly dropped down to nothing. This time the bandwidth was closer to 160kb/sec upstream, and half that downstream! When I changed my status back to 'Available' a few seconds later, everything continued on normally, with almost no data usage.
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P2V WMM 2012 100Mbit maximize bandwidth usage?

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I’m trying to make a p2v over a 100Mbit ipsec connection with vmm 2012 where in my mind the 100Mbit is the limiting factor.
When I look at bandwidth usage during transfer I see a jigsaw maxing out at 95Mbit and min 40Mbit, the whole transfer takes about 10h. I would really like to use my full (> 90) bandwidth constantly to reduce this transfer windows, I got lots of server to
p2v…
Can’t find any documentation which components are involved and options, probably agent <-> agent and bits?
Anyone with experience that have tweaked this or know if something can be done to improve it?
I have no problem maxing out this 100Mbit with an ftp transfer... (constan > 90Mbit)
Thanks :)

Hi MatteDS,
I noticed the process of P2V , at the imaging phase it will use bits service
to transfer the data :
Imaging phase:
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only, not empty spaces.
                  Data is streamed directly from the source computer to the VMM host using Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS).
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Please try  to allow unencrypted file transfer , also disable bits service on the source host:
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Right-click on the Host Folder (e.g. All Hosts)
In the "Allow Unencrypted file transfers ", check the box
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