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<span style="white-space: pre;">> On Friday 26 August 2016 14:37:48 Toralf Förster wrote:
>> On 08/25/2016 07:02 PM, Toralf Förster wrote:
>>> This is a fresh new Tor exit, setup 4 days ago,
>>> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/BE2FA9FCB6242567B93ED99FEC5543FC517">https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/BE2FA9FCB6242567B93ED99FEC5543FC517</a>
>>> C9276 , where I do wonder how to interpret the attached screen shot.
>> The full SVG graphic can be derived from
>> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zwiebeltoralf.de/torserver/graph-20160825.svg">http://www.zwiebeltoralf.de/torserver/graph-20160825.svg</a> (scroll down to
>> the end)
> Hi Toralf,
>
> I see the same patterns on my relays from time to time. Please see my 2012
> posting <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2012-December/001781.html">https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2012-December/001781.html</a> on [tor-relay] on that subject. I still have no idea what
> causes the pattern.
>
> Regards,
>
> torland
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I suspect this is due to a circuit built with a node that has lower
max bandwidth settings than yours. The regular bandwidth cap holds
traffic back for a time, then the burst bandwidth cap lets some
through at a higher speed for a short period.<br>
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-J<br>
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