When your internet connection is limited, the possibility to manage the use of bandwidth for downloads to BazePort is useful. We now introduce a new parameter to control the bandwidth use, we call it auto throttle.
Auto throttle enable you to specify the bandwidth not to be used by BazePort.
The purpose of Auto throttle is to reduce usage when bandwidth is scarce and utilize free bandwidth when available.
How to activate Auto throttle
To activate the Auto throttle, input a negative value in the Download throttle field in the BazePort Transfer module. Using a negative number will not be set as a maximum allowed bandwidth but as a value for kbps below available bandwidth. Therefore, one can now set a value, e.g., -256kbps (notice the negative value). This way, BazePort will always use 256kbps less than the bandwidth available for use at the time. The bandwidth available for use means free bandwidth, not theoretical internet speed.
How it works
It works like this; every 10 minutes Auto throttle will open the throttle to unlimited kbps for a period of 20 seconds. During these 20 seconds, we will determine the maximum available bandwidth and then throttle BazePort download to 256 kbps below the maximum available bandwidth. Again, 256 kpbs is only used as an example.
Notice that other ongoing traffic for other applications than BazePort will reduce the bandwidth available for BazePort content download. When Auto throttle test the bandwidth, we will reduce our maximum speed allowed (throttle the download speed) below that, with whatever value set in minus in the Download throttle speed field. The advantage is that there is little bandwidth used by BazePort, or next to none when other traffic uses the bandwidth. When there is more free bandwidth available, Auto throtte can speed up the bandwidth used for BazePort and limit the time it uses for content download. During BETA tests, we have run these new Auto throttle settings on more than 50 BazePort installations. The result has shown that overall download time has been reduced, and there has been no negative impact noted on other important communication.
Another benefit of the Auto throttle is that when there is so little bandwidth available that there is nothing left to use for BazePort after the 256 kbps is deducted, Bazeport will throttle to a maximum of only 16 kbps. 16 kbps is too little to transfer any content, but enough for BazePort Transfer to check the line for any changes. This automation also secures that the BazePort system does not use bandwidth when there is none available for BazePort.
See the BazePort Transfer user manual if you are unfamiliar with the Transfer module.
Example of BazePort Auto throttle settings
The example is for a BazePort installation with a maximum internet bandwidth of 2048 kbps. Download throttle is set to -256 kbps. BazePort will always use 256kbps less than the bandwidth available for use at the time.
Note scenario 3: when there is so little bandwidth available that there is nothing left to use for BazePort after the 256 kbps is deducted, Bazeport will throttle to a maximum of only 16 kbps.
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