Understanding DPU Consumption

Step 1: Check Your Current Usage

1. Look at the lower-left corner of the sidebar
2. You will see: current DPU consumption vs your plan limit, storage used vs capacity (in GB), days remaining in the billing cycle
3. Usage data refreshes daily

Step 2: Understand What Consumes DPUs

Core Operations

• Pipeline triggers: Every time a pipeline runs (manually or on schedule), DPUs are used
• Data ingestion: Syncing data from external sources through connectors
• Dataset refreshes: Computing new or 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 with automated scanning
• Bastion hosts for secure network access
• Data gateways for firewall-protected or on-premises data

Step 3: Choose Your Billing Model

• 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

Step 4: Optimize Your Consumption

• Review schedules: Not every dataset needs to refresh daily. Match the schedule to how often the source data actually changes.
• Consolidate loads: Combine multiple 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

For questions about your plan or usage, contact support@beemdata.com.