Manage Network Bandwidth Usage

In Cohesity DataProtect as a Service, network bandwidth usage is automatically balanced among the SaaS Connectors within each SaaS Connection. However, if you need to contain the amount of network bandwidth consumed by your backup and recovery tasks at different times and days of the week, the Cohesity DataProtect as a Service allows you to throttle your bandwidth consumption in your SaaS Connections.

The bandwidth usage options in each SaaS Connection allow you to choose the days of the week and set the start and end times to limit bandwidth usage to a specific value in bytes per second.

  • If the defined start time and end time are the same, then the bandwidth limit is applied for the day from 12:00 AM till 11:59 PM.

  • If the defined start time is greater than the end time, then the interval is split across days. For example, if 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM are set as the start and end times on Monday, then two intervals are set: 9 PM-11:59 PM on Monday and 12:00 AM-5 PMon Tuesday.

  • When time intervals overlap, each new interval overrides the one above it in the list.

  • Bandwidth usage limits are only applicable for backup and volume-level recovery tasks and are not applicable for file-level recovery.

To configure a bandwidth usage limit:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Settings > SaaS Connections.

  2. Click the Actions menu (⋮) next to the SaaS Connection and select Bandwidth Usage Options.

    or

    Under Sources, click into a source. In the Connections tab, click the Actions menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the page and select SaaS Connection > Bandwidth Usage Options.

  3. In the Bandwidth Usage Options dialog:

    1. From the drop-down list, select Upload (for backup traffic) or Download (for recovery traffic)

    2. Select the Days of the week.

    3. Set the Start Time and End Time.

    4. Specify the bandwidth usage limit. Consider the following factors while setting up the bandwidth:

      • The default setting does not limit bandwidth usage.

      • Once you set a bandwidth limit, you cannot revert to the default setting.

      • Setting the parameter to a negative number throws the following error message: "Bandwidth bps cannot be less than zero".

      • Setting the parameter to zero is the opposite of unlimited, as it disables the bandwidth entirely.

      • Setting the parameter to a positive number higher than int64 throws the following error message: "Unmarshal type error”.

      Click the plus (+) to add multiple schedules.

  4. Click Save.