diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage.rs b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
index 3b8fccb45a..b3cd01f828 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -579,7 +579,8 @@ impl BankingStage {
         };
 
         const INTERVAL_MS: u64 = 100;
-        const MAX_BYTES_PER_SECOND: usize = 10_000 * 1200;
+        // 12 MB outbound limit per second
+        const MAX_BYTES_PER_SECOND: usize = 12_000_000;
         const MAX_BYTES_PER_INTERVAL: usize = MAX_BYTES_PER_SECOND * INTERVAL_MS as usize / 1000;
         const MAX_BYTES_BUDGET: usize = MAX_BYTES_PER_INTERVAL * 5;
         data_budget.update(INTERVAL_MS, |bytes| {
diff --git a/core/src/serve_repair.rs b/core/src/serve_repair.rs
index 56039cb8e6..5271aff0fa 100644
--- a/core/src/serve_repair.rs
+++ b/core/src/serve_repair.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use {
     crate::{
         cluster_slots::ClusterSlots,
         duplicate_repair_status::ANCESTOR_HASH_REPAIR_SAMPLE_SIZE,
-        packet_threshold::DynamicPacketToProcessThreshold,
         repair_response,
         repair_service::{OutstandingShredRepairs, RepairStats},
         request_response::RequestResponse,
@@ -25,7 +24,10 @@ use {
         shred::{Nonce, Shred, SIZE_OF_NONCE},
     },
     solana_metrics::inc_new_counter_debug,
-    solana_perf::packet::{PacketBatch, PacketBatchRecycler},
+    solana_perf::{
+        data_budget::DataBudget,
+        packet::{PacketBatch, PacketBatchRecycler},
+    },
     solana_sdk::{
         clock::Slot, hash::Hash, packet::PACKET_DATA_SIZE, pubkey::Pubkey, timing::duration_as_ms,
     },
@@ -144,7 +146,9 @@ impl RequestResponse for AncestorHashesRepairType {
 pub struct ServeRepairStats {
     pub total_requests: usize,
     pub dropped_requests: usize,
+    pub total_dropped_response_packets: usize,
     pub total_response_packets: usize,
+    pub total_response_bytes: usize,
     pub processed: usize,
     pub self_repair: usize,
     pub window_index: usize,
@@ -323,17 +327,18 @@ impl ServeRepair {
         requests_receiver: &PacketBatchReceiver,
         response_sender: &PacketBatchSender,
         stats: &mut ServeRepairStats,
-        packet_threshold: &mut DynamicPacketToProcessThreshold,
+        data_budget: &DataBudget,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         //TODO cache connections
         let timeout = Duration::new(1, 0);
         let mut reqs_v = vec![requests_receiver.recv_timeout(timeout)?];
+        const MAX_REQUESTS_PER_ITERATION: usize = 1024;
         let mut total_requests = reqs_v[0].len();
 
         let mut dropped_requests = 0;
         while let Ok(more) = requests_receiver.try_recv() {
             total_requests += more.len();
-            if packet_threshold.should_drop(total_requests) {
+            if total_requests > MAX_REQUESTS_PER_ITERATION {
                 dropped_requests += more.len();
             } else {
                 reqs_v.push(more);
@@ -343,11 +348,17 @@ impl ServeRepair {
         stats.dropped_requests += dropped_requests;
         stats.total_requests += total_requests;
 
-        let timer = Instant::now();
         for reqs in reqs_v {
-            Self::handle_packets(obj, recycler, blockstore, reqs, response_sender, stats);
+            Self::handle_packets(
+                obj,
+                recycler,
+                blockstore,
+                reqs,
+                response_sender,
+                stats,
+                data_budget,
+            );
         }
-        packet_threshold.update(total_requests, timer.elapsed());
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -365,7 +376,13 @@ impl ServeRepair {
             "serve_repair-requests_received",
             ("total_requests", stats.total_requests, i64),
             ("dropped_requests", stats.dropped_requests, i64),
+            (
+                "total_dropped_response_packets",
+                stats.total_dropped_response_packets,
+                i64
+            ),
             ("total_response_packets", stats.total_response_packets, i64),
+            ("total_response_bytes", stats.total_response_bytes, i64),
             ("self_repair", stats.self_repair, i64),
             ("window_index", stats.window_index, i64),
             (
@@ -391,6 +408,10 @@ impl ServeRepair {
         response_sender: PacketBatchSender,
         exit: &Arc<AtomicBool>,
     ) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+        const INTERVAL_MS: u64 = 1000;
+        const MAX_BYTES_PER_SECOND: usize = 12_000_000;
+        const MAX_BYTES_PER_INTERVAL: usize = MAX_BYTES_PER_SECOND * INTERVAL_MS as usize / 1000;
+
         let exit = exit.clone();
         let recycler = PacketBatchRecycler::default();
         Builder::new()
@@ -398,7 +419,7 @@ impl ServeRepair {
             .spawn(move || {
                 let mut last_print = Instant::now();
                 let mut stats = ServeRepairStats::default();
-                let mut packet_threshold = DynamicPacketToProcessThreshold::default();
+                let data_budget = DataBudget::default();
                 loop {
                     let result = Self::run_listen(
                         &me,
@@ -407,7 +428,7 @@ impl ServeRepair {
                         &requests_receiver,
                         &response_sender,
                         &mut stats,
-                        &mut packet_threshold,
+                        &data_budget,
                     );
                     match result {
                         Err(Error::RecvTimeout(_)) | Ok(_) => {}
@@ -420,6 +441,7 @@ impl ServeRepair {
                         Self::report_reset_stats(&me, &mut stats);
                         last_print = Instant::now();
                     }
+                    data_budget.update(INTERVAL_MS, |_bytes| MAX_BYTES_PER_INTERVAL);
                 }
             })
             .unwrap()
@@ -432,19 +454,31 @@ impl ServeRepair {
         packet_batch: PacketBatch,
         response_sender: &PacketBatchSender,
         stats: &mut ServeRepairStats,
+        data_budget: &DataBudget,
     ) {
         // iter over the packets
-        packet_batch.iter().for_each(|packet| {
+        for (i, packet) in packet_batch.iter().enumerate() {
             if let Ok(request) = packet.deserialize_slice(..) {
                 stats.processed += 1;
                 let from_addr = packet.meta.socket_addr();
-                let rsp = Self::handle_repair(me, recycler, &from_addr, blockstore, request, stats);
-                stats.total_response_packets += rsp.as_ref().map(PacketBatch::len).unwrap_or(0);
-                if let Some(rsp) = rsp {
-                    let _ignore_disconnect = response_sender.send(rsp);
+                let rsp =
+                    match Self::handle_repair(me, recycler, &from_addr, blockstore, request, stats)
+                    {
+                        None => continue,
+                        Some(rsp) => rsp,
+                    };
+                let num_response_packets = rsp.len();
+                let num_response_bytes = rsp.iter().map(|p| p.meta.size).sum();
+                if data_budget.take(num_response_bytes) && response_sender.send(rsp).is_ok() {
+                    stats.total_response_bytes += num_response_bytes;
+                    stats.total_response_packets += num_response_packets;
+                } else {
+                    stats.dropped_requests += packet_batch.len() - i;
+                    stats.total_dropped_response_packets += num_response_packets;
+                    break;
                 }
             }
-        });
+        }
     }
 
     fn window_index_request_bytes(