Hi Alfredo,
Alfredo Bollati:
Hi all I just started investigating and getting involved with Tor project. I have configured my router to port forwarding on one of its ports. Is there a way or some steps to follow in order to confirm that my bandwidth is being used by the relay?
This mailing thread may be of use: http://archives.seul.org/or/relays/Aug-2010/msg00034.html
Other ways that you can check the bandwidth usage of your relay is Atlas (https://atlas.torproject.org/) where you can search your relay's fingerprint note that the data presented there are not real time but may help to "visualize" easier some tor relay terminologies.
Since your relays is new it's bandwidth is not going to be fully utilized read this blog post to find out about the lifecycle of a new relay in Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/lifecycle-new-relay
Hope this helps.
Thank you for running relays!
Cheers, ~Vasilis