Setting bandwidth limits for your Amazon DataSync task
You can configure network bandwidth limits for your Amazon DataSync task and each of its executions.
Limiting bandwidth for a task
Set a bandwidth limit when creating, editing, or starting a task.
The following instructions describe how to configure a bandwidth limit for your task when you're creating it.
Open the Amazon DataSync console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/datasync/
. In the left navigation pane, expand Data transfer, then choose Tasks, and then choose Create task.
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Configure your task's source and destination locations.
For more information, see Where can I transfer my data with Amazon DataSync?
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For Bandwidth limit, choose one of the following:
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Select Use available to use all of the available network bandwidth for each task execution.
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Select Set bandwidth limit (MiB/s) and enter the maximum bandwidth that you want DataSync to use for each task execution.
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You can configure a task's bandwidth limit by using the
BytesPerSecond parameter with any of the following
operations:
Throttling bandwidth for a task execution
You can modify the bandwidth limit for a running or queued task execution.
Open the Amazon DataSync console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/datasync/
. In the navigation pane, expand Data transfer. then choose Tasks.
Choose the task and then select History to view the task's executions.
Choose the task execution that you want to modify and then choose Edit.
In the dialog box, choose one of the following:
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Select Use available to use all of the available network bandwidth for the task execution.
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Select Set bandwidth limit (MiB/s) and enter the maximum bandwidth that you want DataSync to use for the task execution.
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Choose Save changes.
The new bandwidth limit takes effect within 60 seconds.
You can modify the bandwidth limit for a running or queued task execution
by using the BytesPerSecond parameter with the UpdateTaskExecution operation.