MB --> GB

**Raven** · 03-17-2005, 06:49 PM

Can someone translate my bandwidth from MB to GB, or provide some sort of info so I can do it? I've used 12136.01 MB thus far.

**Vin DSL** · 03-17-2005, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by Raven

Can someone translate my bandwidth from MB to GB, or provide some sort of info so I can do it? I've used 12136.01 MB thus far.

According to: http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/calculate/

12136.01 MB = 11.85157 GB

A file size of 12136.01 megabytes can also be expressed as

101804230574 bits
12725528822 bytes
12427274 kilobytes (abbreviated as KB or Kb*)
12136.01 megabytes (abbreviated as M or MB)
11.85157 gigabytes (abbreviated as G or GB)
0.011574 terabytes
0.0000113 petabytes
0.00000001 exabytes

**Raven** · 03-17-2005, 07:02 PM

Thanks Vin. That was my original idea, but I was under the assumption that this would only provide an estimate as 1024 bytes is 1kb. I'm not sure if that form keeps going so 1024kb is 1mb and 1024mb is 1gb.

Edit> That can't be right?! As of about 3PM today Jag sent an email notification saying that one of my domains had reached 80% of it's bandwidth limit which should be 1GB. The figure I posted above was from just now, about 4hrs later. There is no way it could have jumped that much!

**Vin DSL** · 03-17-2005, 07:04 PM

Found a dandy calculator. See the revised post above...

**Vin DSL** · 03-17-2005, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by Raven

Thanks Vin. That was my original idea, but I was under the assumption that this would only provide an estimate as 1024 bytes is 1kb. I'm not sure if that form keeps going so 1024kb is 1mb and 1024mb is 1gb.

Using the online calc above:

A file size of 1 gigabytes can also be expressed as

8589934592 bits
1073741824 bytes
1048576 kilobytes (abbreviated as KB or Kb*)
1024 megabytes (abbreviated as M or MB)
1 gigabytes (abbreviated as G or GB)
0.000977 terabytes
0.0000010 petabytes
0.00000000 exabytes

**Vin DSL** · 03-17-2005, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Raven

Edit> That can't be right?! As of about 3PM today Jag sent an email notification saying that one of my domains had reached 80% of it's bandwidth limit which should be 1GB. The figure I posted above was from just now, about 4hrs later. There is no way it could have jumped that much!

Same thing happened to me...

That's when I found out EVERYTHING gets added, including 'temp' files, et cetera. The thing that put me over the top was those damn 'Analog' stats, if I remember correctly. Anyway, it was one of those stat proggies I never use. The db grew and grew, for two years, like 'The Blob' until it at up a huge chunk of my disk space...

**Vin DSL** · 03-17-2005, 07:21 PM

If I was you, I'd use the 'Disk Usage Viewer' in cPanel. That's the most accurate indicator. That'll probably show you where the 'problem' is.

Gotta run... BBL...

**Raven** · 03-17-2005, 07:22 PM

Well, I've opened a support ticket to find out what the problem is. I still don't see how logically it could have made such a jump though. I mean even if it does include a bunch of other stuff I'm not aware of, these things don't suddenly appear right?

**jason** · 03-18-2005, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by Vin DSL

If I was you, I'd use the 'Disk Usage Viewer' in cPanel. That's the most accurate indicator. That'll probably show you where the 'problem' is..

Ummm....are we talking about bandwidth or disk usage here? I'm confusalated...

Raven,
The same conversion factor holds true throughout the range of data sizes:

1Kb = 1024b
1Mb = 1024Kb
1Gb = 1024Mb
1Tb = 1024Gb...

The reason why it is 1024 instead of 1000 is because data is stored in binary units but reported in "normal" decimal units for human consumption (a value of 10111110001010 bytes wouldn't make much sense to you now would it?). 2^10 = 1024.

**Vin DSL** · 03-18-2005, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by jason

Ummm....are we talking about bandwidth or disk usage here? I'm confusalated...

Well, Raven has a GigaDeal account, so I assumed he meant DU. His bandwidth is 45 GB, not 1000 MB - 1000 MB, of course, is his DU allowance.

The bandwidth (so called) here at JagPC, is actually a measurement of file transfer, e.g. a device used for metering the amount of files that can be transferred per month. Accordingly, I assume the same mathematical rules apply to 'bandwidth' and DU, in this particular case.

Bandwidth, as far as I'm concerned, is actually a measurement of speed, e.g. the amount of time it takes to transfer a file from point-A to point-B. For instance, I have a module on my site that measures the bandwidth between 'my' server at JagPC and whatever computer I happen to be using at the time of testing.

Gotta run... BBL...

**Brandon** · 03-18-2005, 05:49 PM

Raven,

I wanted to follow up on your post. Has your support ticket been answered to your satisfaction? Perhaps give me the ticket # and I can run our quota fix script on your server. It may just be reporting incorrectly.

**Vin DSL** · 03-18-2005, 06:17 PM

LoL! Now I'm confusalated...

For anyone following this disjointed thread, I made a correction above. It was 'Analog' stats that put me over the top, NOT 'AWStats.

Here's a thread discussing it, if anyone is interested: Deleting tmp/analog Files

BEWARE: If you have an active site, 'Analog' stats will eat up ALL your disk space, given enough time!

**Raven** · 03-18-2005, 07:44 PM

What's this "he" business? I'm a she gosh darnit!

Hehe!

Thanks a bunch for all of your replies guys. I was pretty worried there for a while, but I think I've got the situation figured with support's help.

The account in question has an old v200 package, and I'm allowed about 15GB of bandwidth per month. That little detail I forgot the account specifications on. I thought I had a Gigadeal there where I'd only get 1GB of bandwidth. Hence why I was panicing when I discovered around 12GB of usage! The figures I was looking at were from the cpanel, and without a doubt accurate as support confirmed for me. When looking at my awstats about 15% of the usage was regularily being eaten up from MP3 downloads necessary for the site. There was no jump from 820MB to 12GB because the 80% I was using was 80% of about 15GB.

So, needless to say I've got everything sorted out ok now that I actually know what the heck is/was going on.

Looks like I'll have to advise the band to purchase a few more GB of bandwidth to be safe, as they are getting more and more visitors to the site.

Brandon> Thank-you kindly for the offer, but support has already replied to my ticket. I'm very with the outcome as support was very helpful in finding out all of the information I was missing.

**Galen** · 03-18-2005, 11:59 PM

Looks like I'll have to advise the band to purchase a few more GB of bandwidth to be safe

Why not just upgrade to the Gigadeal? It costs exactly the same as your v200 account and offers SO much more (including 3x the bandwidth). Upgrade from v200 to Gigadeal is free.

**Vin DSL** · 03-19-2005, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by Raven

What's this "he" business? I'm a she gosh darnit!

Hehe!

Sorry! All the 'Raven's' I've known, over the years, have been guys, until now...

No matter! As Galen said, upgrade to the GigaDeal - end of problem, yes? No?

I think, yes!

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