Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 23:13:18 +0100 From: Christopher Baines mail@cbaines.net

I run this relay [1], and currently use the following config: 1: https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/91F4DFA04743755C8551A12F8C4065F79786B7...

RelayBandwidthRate 1.7 MB RelayBandwidthBurst 20 MB

This keeps it from using more than ~3TB of bandwidth in a month. However, I wonder if this is beneficial for the network, over using the AccountingMax instead?

If you use "AccountingMax 3TB" and "AccountingStart month 1 00:00" (or whenever your rollover date is), the relay will go at full speed, use all the quota you specify, then hibernate for the rest of the month. The next month, it will calculate the maximum start date that it could start at to use all the bandwidth at a similar rate to last month, then wake at a random interval between the start of the month and the calculated date. Note that the AccountingMax quota will make the relay hibernate when either the download or the upload individually hit the quota. If you want the sum of both, use "AccountingRule sum".

If you use RelayBandwidthRate, the relay will go at partial speed, and may not use all the quota if there are any quiet periods.

Personally, I'd rather have faster relays for part of the month, but others favour stable relays for the entire month.

It may also depend on whether your relay is one or more of: * a guard, where stability would be a priority, * a middle (that is, not guard or exit), where there is plenty of bandwidth, and therefore speed would be a priority, and/or * an exit, where speed would again be a priority… as far as I can work it out, anyway.

Both stable relays and fast relays are a valuable contribution, please contribute what you think the Tor network needs most.

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