<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp1679bd45yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>David,</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;">> When I made my own combined graphs, I relied on different instances</span><br clear="none" style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">having different nicknames. I don't know an easy way to distinguish the</span><br clear="none" style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">descriptors of different instances otherwise.</span><br clear="none" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>Please let me know what the Tor Metrics Team decides, if/when they reimplement the change.<br><br clear="none" style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">> You could conceivably do it by analyzing the periodicity of different</span><br clear="none" style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">instances' publishing schedules. (Start one instance on the hour,</span><br clear="none" style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">another at :10, another at :20, etc.) But that seems fragile, not to</span><br clear="none" style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">mention annoying to deal with.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>I agree. I'd rather manage unique nicknames.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, again.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Gary</div><div class="ydp1679bd45signature">—<br>This Message Originated by the Sun.<br>iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge)<br>+ 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks<br>= iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged)</div></div>
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On Friday, March 4, 2022, 4:52:49 PM MST, David Fifield <david@bamsoftware.com> wrote:
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<div>On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 09:40:01PM +0000, Gary C. New wrote:<br clear="none">> I see that the metrics change has been reverted.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> If/When the metrics change is implemented, will loadbalanced Tor Relay Nodes<br clear="none">> need to be uniquely named or will they all be able to use the same nickname?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">When I made my own combined graphs, I relied on different instances<br clear="none">having different nicknames. I don't know an easy way to distinguish the<br clear="none">descriptors of different instances otherwise.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">You could conceivably do it by analyzing the periodicity of different<br clear="none">instances' publishing schedules. (Start one instance on the hour,<br clear="none">another at :10, another at :20, etc.) But that seems fragile, not to<br clear="none">mention annoying to deal with.<div class="ydp1679bd45yqt0316357803" id="ydp1679bd45yqtfd84859"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">tor-relays mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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