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Same Pipe, Different Metrics

Bandwidth is the speed limit of your port; traffic is the amount of data you actually move during a billing cycle.

🚀 Bandwidth

  • Measured in Mbit/s or Gbit/s
  • Represents real-time throughput capacity
  • EDBB hypervisors use multi-gigabit uplinks for bursty workloads

📦 Traffic

  • Measured in GB or TB per month
  • Counts all in/out data transfer during the billing period
  • Each VPS plan includes a traffic pool you can top up if needed

Visualizing the Difference

Imagine a highway:
  • Bandwidth is how many lanes you have—the maximum cars per second.
  • Traffic is how many cars actually drove down that highway this month.
  • You can burst to the full lane capacity, but the total number of cars still counts toward your traffic allowance.
Track both metrics in the EDBB portal under the Traffic tab; it shows current throughput and period-to-date usage side by side.