This is the output of the vnstat -m command run on three different Linux servers (mymain, Ampere, and MyExtras). vnstat is a network traffic monitor—it tracks how much data flows in (RX) and out (TX) through a network interface over time.
Here is the breakdown of what the data tells us:
The Columns (per server):
· rx: Received data (downloads, incoming traffic).
· tx: Transmitted data (uploads, outgoing traffic).
· total: Combined sum of RX + TX.
· avg. rate: The average network speed for that month (converted to Mbit/s).
The Big Picture:
Since today is August 30, 2026, the August data is incomplete (only 30 days of data). The "estimated" row predicts what the final totals will be on August 31st, based on the average daily usage so far.
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Server-by-Server Analysis:
1. mymain (Interface ens3) – The Heavy Lifter
· July: ~748 GiB total.
· August (so far): A massive 4.25 TiB (approx 4.67 TB) already used, averaging 14.55 Mbit/s.
· Insight: This server's traffic increased ~5.7x from July to August. It is pushing almost ~145 GiB per day. This looks like heavy media streaming, large dataset transfers, or a busy backup/storage node.
2. Ampere (Interface enp0s6) – The Steady Performer
· July: ~879 GiB total.
· August (so far): ~1.71 TiB total, averaging 5.84 Mbit/s.
· Insight: Usage roughly doubled from July. The traffic is fairly balanced between RX (908 GiB) and TX (838 GiB), suggesting general web services, API traffic, or peer-to-peer sync.
3. MyExtras (Interface ens3) – The Decliner
· July: ~1.54 TiB total.
· August (so far): ~1.19 TiB total, averaging 4.06 Mbit/s.
· Insight: Unlike the others, this server's traffic is decreasing (down ~23% from July). It might be a staging environment, a decommissioned service, or a node that handles seasonal workloads.
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Technical Clues:
· ens3 is typically a virtio network interface (common in KVM virtual machines and cloud VPS like DigitalOcean, AWS, or OpenStack).
· enp0s6 is a standard PCIe physical/paravirtualized interface (common on bare-metal or different hypervisor setups).
· The fact that these are all named ubuntu@... suggests you have SSH access to a small fleet of Ubuntu servers, likely a homelab or a cloud infrastructure setup.
Summary: This is a real-time bandwidth usage report for your servers. August is shaping up to be a much heavier month for mymain and Ampere, while MyExtras is coasting downward. If you are billed by bandwidth usage, keep an eye on mymain—it's going to hit ~4.43 TiB by tomorrow!
