DPU Usage: Understanding Your Consumption
Step 1: Check Your Current Usage
- Look at the lower-left corner of the sidebar
- You will see:
- Current DPU consumption vs your plan limit
- Storage used vs capacity (in GB)
- Days remaining in the billing cycle
Usage data refreshes daily.
Step 2: Understand What Consumes DPUs
Core Operations
- Pipeline triggers: Every time a pipeline runs (manually or on schedule)
- Data ingestion: Syncing data from external sources
- Dataset refreshes: Computing updated results in the Warehouse
- Flows: Running reverse ETL to external tools
Infrastructure and Add-ons
- VPN connections to on-premises data sources
- Data Migration Services
- Bastion hosts for secure network access
- Data gateways for firewall-protected data
Step 3: Optimize If Needed
- Review schedules: Not every dataset needs to refresh daily. Match the schedule to how often the source data changes.
- Consolidate loads: Combine smaller data loads into single jobs where possible
- Check downstream triggers: Review if all automatic cascading refreshes are necessary
- Pause unused connections: Pausing connections that are not actively needed reduces consumption
- Evaluate infrastructure: Review whether all VPN tunnels and gateways are still required
Billing Models
- Pay-As-You-Go: Charges based on actual DPU consumption
- Monthly Included DPUs: Fixed monthly credits with overage charges for usage beyond the included amount
For questions about your plan or usage, contact support@beemdata.com.