# Plex Server Excessive Bandwidth when scanning for first time

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**Created:** [April 10, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-excessive-bandwidth-when-scanning-for-first-time/232165 "2018-04-10T21:15:33Z")
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### Author: ![Nate8727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Nate8727](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nate8727)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-excessive-bandwidth-when-scanning-for-first-time/232165/37 "2018-04-19T12:54:11Z")

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Well I’ve switched vps providers for unlimited bandwidth. Thanks everyone for your help in figuring it out.

I meant there should be a heads up in the tutorials that going the vps route could use up a lot of bandwidth. More like a warning.

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