Issues with Bandwidth Usage using PhP/MySQL/Drupal

Question

I am hosting a site on a buddy's server. It is using MySQL, PhP and Druapl. He is complaining that it is using up all his bandwidth but for the life of me I can't figure out why. There is not image/video hosting and I believe he has ~60 GB/month. Almost all the bandwidth would be used by databases. I think the problem lies in one of the two following areas.

1)Every 3 hours do the following (via Cron):

For every user (~400) do:
 Get user ID from table
 Get nickname based on ID from table
 Construct URL for XML Requester using nickname
 Using CURL store the contents of URL in string (8,000 characters)
 Convert to object (200 or so properties/fields)
 Store Fields in Database (update if exists, insert otherwise) [This table has ~80,000 (400x200) rows and 3 columns - User, Stat Name, Value]

I guessed this uses ~3 MB per time ran (8,000*400=3,200,00 bytes = 3.2MB) and that's only 24 or so megs a day, which is nothing.

2) Request on Table with ~80,000 rows Page allows users to select one of the 200 or so Stat Names and it will create a sorted list of that stat. My question here is if you pass a query to server [select * from table where stat_name="blah"sort by value desc] or such does this use a lot of bandwidth or just server resources (CPU)? Table is indexed btw.

Any help/suggestions/ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Example Contents of XML Requester Page:

<player_stats aid="25">
<stat name="nickname">S2Moebiwan</stat>
<stat name="acc_games_played">56</stat>
<stat name="acc_wins">26</stat>
<stat name="acc_losses">30</stat>
<stat name="acc_concedes">14</stat>
<stat name="acc_concedevotes">4</stat>
<stat name="acc_buybacks">15</stat>
<stat name="acc_discos">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_kicked">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_pub_skill">1525</stat>
<stat name="acc_pub_count">56</stat>
<stat name="acc_pub_pset">1</stat>
<stat name="acc_avg_score">0.00</stat>
<stat name="acc_herokills">360</stat>
<stat name="acc_herodmg">830726</stat>
<stat name="acc_heroexp">430859</stat>
<stat name="acc_herokillsgold">99989</stat>
<stat name="acc_heroassists">568</stat>
<stat name="acc_deaths">321</stat>
<stat name="acc_goldlost2death">118770</stat>
<stat name="acc_secs_dead">17551</stat>
<stat name="acc_teamcreepkills">6187</stat>
<stat name="acc_teamcreepdmg">3343661</stat>
<stat name="acc_teamcreepexp">517995</stat>
<stat name="acc_teamcreepgold">239674</stat>
<stat name="acc_neutralcreepkills">639</stat>
<stat name="acc_neutralcreepdmg">467881</stat>
<stat name="acc_neutralcreepexp">43035</stat>
<stat name="acc_neutralcreepgold">26940</stat>
<stat name="acc_bdmg">75237</stat>
<stat name="acc_bdmgexp">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_razed">54</stat>
<stat name="acc_bgold">99171</stat>
<stat name="acc_denies">346</stat>
<stat name="acc_exp_denied">15424</stat>
<stat name="acc_gold">469389</stat>
<stat name="acc_gold_spent">550152</stat>
<stat name="acc_exp">996135</stat>
<stat name="acc_actions">315974</stat>
<stat name="acc_secs">159980</stat>
<stat name="acc_consumables">739</stat>
<stat name="acc_wards">83</stat>
<stat name="acc_em_played">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_time_earning_exp">85393</stat>
<stat name="AR">0</stat>
<stat name="AREM">0</stat>
<stat name="AP">0</stat>
<stat name="APEM">0</stat>
<stat name="level">6</stat>
<stat name="total_discos">0</stat>
<stat name="total_possible_discos">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_games_played">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_wins">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_losses">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_concedes">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_concedevotes">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_buybacks">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_discos">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_kicked">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_rating">1500.00</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_count">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_conf">0.00</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_prov">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_pset">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_rating">1500.00</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_count">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_conf">0.00</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_prov">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_pset">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_herokills">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_herodmg">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_heroexp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_herokillsgold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_heroassists">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_deaths">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_goldlost2death">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_secs_dead">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_teamcreepkills">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_teamcreepdmg">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_teamcreepexp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_teamcreepgold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_neutralcreepkills">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_neutralcreepdmg">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_neutralcreepexp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_neutralcreepgold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_bdmg">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_bdmgexp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_razed">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_bgold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_denies">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_exp_denied">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_gold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_gold_spent">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_exp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_actions">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_secs">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_consumables">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_wards">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_em_played">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_level">1</stat>
<stat name="rnk_time_earning_exp">0</stat>
</player_stats>
−
<player_stats aid="28">
<stat name="nickname">S2KingKtulu</stat>
<stat name="acc_games_played">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_wins">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_losses">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_concedes">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_concedevotes">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_buybacks">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_discos">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_kicked">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_pub_skill">1500</stat>
<stat name="acc_pub_count">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_pub_pset">1</stat>
<stat name="acc_avg_score">0.00</stat>
<stat name="acc_herokills">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_herodmg">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_heroexp">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_herokillsgold">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_heroassists">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_deaths">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_goldlost2death">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_secs_dead">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_teamcreepkills">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_teamcreepdmg">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_teamcreepexp">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_teamcreepgold">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_neutralcreepkills">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_neutralcreepdmg">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_neutralcreepexp">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_neutralcreepgold">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_bdmg">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_bdmgexp">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_razed">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_bgold">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_denies">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_exp_denied">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_gold">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_gold_spent">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_exp">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_actions">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_secs">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_consumables">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_wards">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_em_played">0</stat>
<stat name="acc_time_earning_exp">0</stat>
<stat name="AR">0</stat>
<stat name="AREM">0</stat>
<stat name="AP">0</stat>
<stat name="APEM">0</stat>
<stat name="level">1</stat>
<stat name="total_discos">0</stat>
<stat name="total_possible_discos">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_games_played">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_wins">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_losses">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_concedes">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_concedevotes">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_buybacks">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_discos">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_kicked">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_rating">1350.00</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_count">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_conf">0.00</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_prov">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_solo_pset">1</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_rating">1500.00</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_count">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_conf">0.00</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_prov">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_amm_team_pset">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_herokills">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_herodmg">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_heroexp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_herokillsgold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_heroassists">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_deaths">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_goldlost2death">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_secs_dead">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_teamcreepkills">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_teamcreepdmg">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_teamcreepexp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_teamcreepgold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_neutralcreepkills">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_neutralcreepdmg">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_neutralcreepexp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_neutralcreepgold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_bdmg">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_bdmgexp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_razed">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_bgold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_denies">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_exp_denied">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_gold">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_gold_spent">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_exp">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_actions">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_secs">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_consumables">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_wards">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_em_played">0</stat>
<stat name="rnk_level">1</stat>
<stat name="rnk_time_earning_exp">0</stat>
</player_stats>
</stats>
</xmlRequest>

Answer 1

查看您的访问日志，并将外部服务器IP添加到禁止列表中