Bandwidth
Bandwidth is the amount of data your Opensolr Index sends back. Each index has its own monthly bandwidth from your plan.
01 · What counts
The size of every answer the index sends: search results, replies to updates, everything except the Solr Admin screens. What you send in is not counted.
To use less: ask only for the fields you show (fl) and only as many results as you show (rows). More tips: Solr Traffic Bandwidth.
02 · When it starts again
On the 1st of every month. Bandwidth follows the calendar month, not the date you pay your plan. Unused bandwidth does not carry over.
03 · Where to see it
- Info tab of the index: Bandwidth, used this month out of your plan, updated every 20 minutes. For a cluster it adds up the master and its replicas.
- Bandwidth Usage tab of the index: Total Usage, Monthly Average, Peak Usage and Latest Month, a chart of the last 24, 12, 6 or 3 months, the table per month with its growth, and Export Data to a CSV file.
- Dashboard: Overall, Avg and Max per index, for all your indexes.
04 · Warning before the limit
When an index reaches 90% of its monthly bandwidth, Opensolr emails you and your team members once. You can change that percentage, per index, in the Opensolr app.
05 · Over the limit
Every request to it, searches included, gets 403 Forbidden, and a running crawl of the index stops. The block lifts by itself at the next usage check once the index is back under its plan: on the 1st of the next month, or after you upgrade your plan. The same happens when an index goes over its disk space.