VPS and StableBit Cloud Drive, outbound bandwidth consumption through the roof on my first day?

[Dajinn]

Hey guys,

 

I have a LeaseWeb Virtual Server that I provisioned (XL spec to be specific), however, I am already worried as I have begun to let my libraries scan Google Drive (which is provisioned through CloudDrive) and noticed that my outbound bandwidth is already at 500~ GB used.

 

My plan with LeaseWeb grants me 10TB of traffic which should be enough but I am really confused as to how I've used 500 GB of OUTBOUND data according to their charts. The Plex server itself should be reading (aka downloading) from the drive and creating its metadata locally, right?

 

Any ideas as to how I could have consumed 500GB of outbound traffic already? Is this something to do with Cloud Drive?

 

Thanks!

[Christopher (Drashna)]

That really does sound like a lot.

 

That said, could you post some information:

 

What version of StableBit CloudDrive are you using? 

What size is the CloudDrive?

Did you create the drive on this VPS?

 

This is for Google Drive so...

How many threads are you using (up and down)?

What size chunks?

What is the "minimum download size configured to (if configured)? 

[Dajinn]

Version 1.0.1.880

The size is 256 TB (but I'm only using 13 TB)

I created the drive on a local machine I physically own a while back.

 

For google drive:

10 / 10

20mb chunk size

100mb minimum download size

[Dajinn]

One thing that is puzzling is I'm just not sure why the outbound data is so much. No one has been using Plex yet so it's not like there are any streams going outbound. 

 

Another thing I did to try to circumvent the library scanning phase was I successfully migrated my Plex metadata folder from my local server up into this VPS. And today I've already used 84 GB of outbound bandwidth.

 

Just wish I could have some sort of idea what it was...

[stephanie]

When I first started using Plex with StableBit CloudDrive, it ate up a lot of data as well, without me doing anything. You want to disable some thing's in Plex, so it wont do that on it's own. Now I enjoy watching thing's through Kodi using a Plex plugin. Try disabling what's listed in here, it worked for me.

 

https://github.com/ncw/rclone/issues/1518#issuecomment-312930264

 

• Library → Update my library automatically
• Library → Run a partial scan when changes are detected
• Library → Update my library periodically
• Scheduled Tasks → Perform extensive media analysis during maintenance
• Scheduled Tasks → Update all libraries during maintenance
• Scheduled Tasks → Upgrade media analysis during maintenance

[srcrist]

 

When I first started using Plex with StableBit CloudDrive, it ate up a lot of data as well, without me doing anything. You want to disable some thing's in Plex, so it wont do that on it's own. Now I enjoy watching thing's through Kodi using a Plex plugin. Try disabling what's listed in here, it worked for me.

 

https://github.com/ncw/rclone/issues/1518#issuecomment-312930264

 

• Library → Update my library automatically
• Library → Run a partial scan when changes are detected
• Library → Update my library periodically
• Scheduled Tasks → Perform extensive media analysis during maintenance
• Scheduled Tasks → Update all libraries during maintenance
• Scheduled Tasks → Upgrade media analysis during maintenance

 

 

None of this should have any effect on outbound data. All of those are read operations. You should be able to leave all of that enabled and run Plex just fine, even if you have a very large library. 

[Dajinn]

My best guess is that the cache must constantly be talking to the cloud drive and telling it what's there. Nothing else really makes sense.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Well, Plex... when it runs a library scan actually reads from the files.  At the very least, the header.   So this may be pulling a lot of information each time a new chunk is read.

 

But it sounds like it's uploaded data, rather than downloaded.

Is plex, by chance, configured to save metadata for the libraries? 

Also, it may be modifying files on the drive. Or at least modifying the access/modify times, which would cause activity. 

 

 

On the offchance, it may be worth doing this:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc959914.aspx

Set the value to 1, and see if that helps.

[marquis6461]

I did the same thing.  

found the problem rather quickly.

1. I have the same type of account.  256TB

2. Set your Local Size to 10GB and your Cloud drive to 10TB at first.  Create a new drive when filled or enlarge later.

3. Set your Threads to 1 per Megabyte Up to 3/4 of your max upload.  Mine is 20 Max for 25MB upload

This will allow the chunks to go up complete.  Too big and the transfer cuts the excess but counts the retries in the total.

Since this is not a true science but helpful experimentation because each way is different

My ISP is placing a Bandwidth Usage Cap effective next month on all personal accounts.  1 TB per account

My Business Account will not be affected but is on the lowest speed.

 

I am just like Dijnn.  I wanted PLEX in the cloud but my ISP is constantly squeezing us off the net unless you pay thru the nose.

I have spent a small fortune in new external drives to backup my TV Series because of this.  Most of them are on my wall in the form of DVDs,VHS, and old 3.5 Floppy disks.  Years of ripping and collecting have gone into this and I have lost the digital copies at least twice.

 

My most favorite programs are StableBit Pool Drive  and HandBrake/AnyDVD

Hopefully CloudDrive will be there also.