# Real Time Bandwith usage

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/real-time-bandwith-usage/22226>\
**Category:** Node Operators\
**Tags:** monitoring, bandwidth\
**Created:** [April 8, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/real-time-bandwith-usage/22226 "2023-04-08T23:59:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![thereverendd](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/thereverendd/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@thereverendd](https://forum.storj.io/u/thereverendd)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/real-time-bandwith-usage/22226/1 "2023-04-08T23:59:28Z")

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Is there a way to in real time monitor the bandwidth that is being used by storj , like a speedometer of some sort I can put on my daskboard on my Linux PC?

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**Author:** ![Toyoo](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/toyoo/32/1126_2.png) [@Toyoo](https://forum.storj.io/u/Toyoo)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/real-time-bandwith-usage/22226/2 "2023-04-09T00:03:39Z")

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You can literaly use [`speedometer`](https://excess.org/speedometer/) if you figure out which specific network interface belongs to the Docker container of your node.

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**Author:** ![thereverendd](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/thereverendd/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@thereverendd](https://forum.storj.io/u/thereverendd)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/real-time-bandwith-usage/22226/3 "2023-04-09T00:14:21Z")

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Any idea how to do that?

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**Author:** ![arrogantrabbit](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/arrogantrabbit/32/11200_2.png) [@arrogantrabbit](https://forum.storj.io/u/arrogantrabbit)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/real-time-bandwith-usage/22226/4 "2023-04-09T00:41:19Z")

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There are many solutions. I like DarkStat — I install a copy into every storj jail. It looks like so:

 ![IMG_7270](https://storj-s3.bcdn.literatehosting.net/original/2X/9/99f1c7c4b289ea9a1c3a9705c61aa95480ca7500.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/real-time-bandwith-usage/22226/5 "2023-04-09T03:38:03Z")

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You may also use

> [@Monitoring with Netdata](https://forum.storj.io/t/monitoring-with-netdata/880):
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**Author:** ![CaeZaR](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/caezar/32/1132_2.png) [@CaeZaR](https://forum.storj.io/u/CaeZaR)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/real-time-bandwith-usage/22226/6 "2023-04-10T20:57:07Z")

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OpenMediaVault uses

> **[RRDtool](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRDtool)**
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> RRDtool (round-robin database tool) aims to handle time series data such as network bandwidth, temperatures or CPU load. The data is stored in a circular buffer based database, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.
> It also includes tools to extract round-robin data in a graphical format, for which it was originally intended.
> Bindings exist for several programming languages, e.g. Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, PHP and Lua. There is an independent full Java implementation called ...