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title: conf/bandwidth
slug: ps/help/en_us/vtm/config/confbandwidth
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createdAt: 2026-08-02T08:50:32.354Z
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The conf/bandwidth directory contains configuration files for bandwidth classes. The name of a file is the name of the bandwidth class it defines. Bandwidth classes can be configured under the Catalogs > Bandwidth section of the Admin Server UI or by using functions under the Catalog.Bandwidth section of the SOAP API and CLI.

| Key     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| maximum | The maximum bandwidth to allocate to connections that are associated with this bandwidth class (in kbits/second).<br />Value type: unsigned integer<br />Default value: "10000"                                                                                                                   |
| note    | A description of this bandwidth class.<br />Value type: string<br />Default value: \<none>                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| sharing | The scope of the bandwidth class.<br />Value type: enumeration<br />Default value: "cluster"<br />Permitted values:<br />connection: Each connection can use the maximum rate<br />machine: Bandwidth is shared per traffic manager<br />cluster: Bandwidth is shared across all traffic managers |