Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Hosting Security and Technology : Consuming heavy bandwith upto 2000 US$+ per month

[san-deep]

We are facing a very problematic situation since last several months due to accessive bandwith usage. But we are sure this is only local traffic.

We have 2 Servers with our hosting provider
Server A - this is a VPS
all our webfiles/domains/dns/nameservers reside on this server

Server B - this is a dedicated server
contains only databases

(we are actively running vbulletin based forums on this servers)

Since last several months we are facing huge bandwith increase since we have transferred only our databases to Server B. (earlier database + everything was on Server A) We never ever consumed even 50% of the entire allocated bandwith in past when we were on Server A.

But only after moving the database from Server A to Server B we have found this tremendous increase,

Can we do something about same ? as both the servers belong to same hosting provider.
We are not sure but expect that this is only local network traffic between 2 servers.

Any expertise shall help reduce our costs.

Regards,

[cristibighea]

Unless servint can get you a private switch between the two servers so you can have a private VLAN, you'll keep using your bandwidth heavily.

[WCTisha]

yes, you should have setup a private switch as the communication between the two using your current setup will surly jack up your bw usage...

[WebairGerard]

contact your host and ask them to help rework your setup so they share bw bewteen boxes they should be willing to work with you if they want to keep your business

[san-deep]

According to our host they cannot build a back-LAN between a VPS and a Dedicated Server they have not other solutions for same..

[amusive.com]

Either move everything onto server B (or Server C, a new server which is more powerful than B which can handle doing what A does as well), or switch to a provider that can provide you with access to a private network (such as SoftLayer).