Adaptive bandwidth throttling for network services

A method comprising:

• operating on a host computer system a bandwidth throttling system to allocate bandwidth to network servers executing on the host computer system as a function of system administrator defined thresholds via operations comprising:
• generating a value indicating a bandwidth used by a first server to perform previous server operations;
• receiving a request for the first server to perform an additional server operation;
• and
• restricting the request in a first manner if the value exceeds a first threshold but does not exceed a second threshold, and restricting the request in a second manner if the value exceeds the second threshold.

A host computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory operably coupled to the processor for execution of an adaptive bandwidth throttling system, wherein the adaptive bandwidth throttling system comprises a hierarchical bandwidth throttling system operating on the host computer system to allocate bandwidth to a plurality of network servers also executing on the host computer system, the allocating being performed as a function of system administrator defined thresholds via operations comprising:
• generating a value indicating a bandwidth used by a first server to perform previous server operations;
• receiving a request for the first server to perform an additional server operation, wherein the additional server operation comprises a server operation of a first class;
• and
• restricting the request in a first manner if the value exceeds a first threshold but does not exceed a second threshold, and restricting the request in a second manner if the value exceeds the second threshold while concurrently restricting another request for the first server to perform another server operation, wherein the additional server operation comprises a server operation of a second class.