# Cool stuff in the dashboard **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [December 19, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394 "2018-12-19T17:18:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xhaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@Xhaka](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Xhaka)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/1 "2018-12-19T17:18:07Z")
So has anyone noticed all the cool stuff in the server dashboard (activity button) I only stumbled across it when after I got a notification from r/plex > **[r/PleX - New Plex Server Dashboard](https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/a7mukv/new_plex_server_dashboard/)** > > 282 votes and 189 comments so far on Reddit Kinda neat especially the real time bandwidth monitor. I get it’s not anywhere close to Tautulli…but for those who don’t want to maintain a 3rd party tool, its pretty good. As in the link. It’s currently only available via the webapp. ---
**Author:** ![leelynds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/leelynds/32/82049_2.png) [@leelynds](https://forums.plex.tv/u/leelynds)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/2 "2018-12-19T17:47:45Z")
Have to say, I quite like it. In some ways, more than Tautilli. ---
**Author:** ![Xhaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@Xhaka](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Xhaka)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/3 "2018-12-19T17:49:54Z")
Yeah kind of a Tautulli lite. 😀 And I can never have too many options for stats. ---
**Author:** ![Claude.Pallez\_Wanadoo.fr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Claude.Pallez\_Wanadoo.fr](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Claude.Pallez_Wanadoo.fr)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/4 "2018-12-19T21:18:36Z")
hello, good job the developers I waited for this improvement with impatience but without hope. great, just missing a small function to add the consomation cpu transcoding and it’s wonderful. continue like this. ---
**Author:** ![Xhaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@Xhaka](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Xhaka)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/5 "2018-12-19T22:00:24Z")
In another thread Elan has mentioned that this is only the beginning and other info will be added. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Derrick.j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Derrick.j](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Derrick.j)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/6 "2018-12-20T05:25:13Z")
Have a question about the new bandwidth monitor. A friend is streaming a movie that has a video bitrate of 2.5 Mbps (audio is 384 kbps), yet the bandwidth is (at times) hitting 5 or 6+. How is this possible? I assumed that the bitrate would be the amount of bandwidth that would be used. Is this incorrect? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Xhaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@Xhaka](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Xhaka)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/7 "2018-12-20T05:42:20Z")
Best guess is that file at 2.5 Mbps is average bit rate (It’s usually the case). It will go above and below that constantly. Still dark scenes will use hardly and bit rate and fast moving scenes will go way above the average. ---
**Author:** ![Derrick.j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Derrick.j](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Derrick.j)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/8 "2018-12-20T05:54:43Z")
ok, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/9 "2018-12-20T15:31:58Z")
The files are getting chopped up into small chunks, which then get transfered to the client, one by one. During the transfer of such a chunk, the full available bandwidth is used. So in the bandwidth graph, instead of a ‘line’, you will see often a succession of ‘peaks’. ---
**Author:** ![Derrick.j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Derrick.j](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Derrick.j)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/10 "2018-12-21T19:06:53Z")
Thanks Otto. Another question/concern. In monitoring the bandwidth graph, I saw spikes that went up to over 30 Mbps. This happened with a movie with avg video bitrate of 2.5 Mpbs. Although it seemed to occur for only a matter of seconds at most, that’s huge spike considering what the avg bitrate was. The concern is that I don’t have that high of an upload speed (30 Mpbs is my limit for upload). Doesn’t that mean the stream would disconnect on remote users? I know that i’ve had multiple streamers on simultaneously in the past, but just concerned that something has change and I may not be able to share. Any insight you can provide is greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/11 "2018-12-21T20:13:03Z")
The same as my previous answer. Totally fine and normal. The data won’t move faster than what your internet upload speed is. A short spike of 30mbps (particularly while a stream is started) is nothing to be concerned about. ---
**Author:** ![agold1478](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@agold1478](https://forums.plex.tv/u/agold1478)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/12 "2018-12-21T22:31:34Z")
Love the fact that we now have full analytics!! Great Job to the Plex Development Team! However I seem to be having an issue where with any browser the page becomes unresponsive. Anyone else experiencing this? Page immediately starts spiking my CPU usage to 100 Percent. Have tried this across multiple browsers & machines, all provide the same experience. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/13 "2018-12-21T22:43:10Z")
> [@agold1478](#): > > Page immediately starts spiking my CPU usage to 100 Percent. Have tried this across multiple browsers & machines, all provide the same experience. I can’t confirm that. Try deactivating browser add-ons etc. CPU load for the browser rarely scratches the 3% on my machine (if it only shows the dashboard and doesn’t play the video as well). ---
**Author:** ![Derrick.j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Derrick.j](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Derrick.j)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/14 "2018-12-22T04:06:05Z")
Got it thanks ---
**Author:** ![rlobbins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rlobbins](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rlobbins)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/15 "2018-12-22T05:13:21Z")
I have the same issue, it is tied to the bandwidth graph. ---
**Author:** ![agold1478](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@agold1478](https://forums.plex.tv/u/agold1478)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/16 "2018-12-22T17:20:11Z")
Any word on a fix for that? I know it’s still early stages, in order for me to do anything in there i have to use the localhost version. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cool-stuff-in-the-dashboard/349394/17 "2019-03-22T17:24:01Z")
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