[tor-bugs] #9321 [Tor]: Load balance right when we have higher guard rotation periods

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#9321: Load balance right when we have higher guard rotation periods
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     Reporter:  arma     |      Owner:
         Type:  project  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
   Resolution:           |   Keywords:  needs-proposal, tor-auth, tor-
Actual Points:           |  client, 026-triaged-1
       Points:           |  Parent ID:  #11480
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Comment (by Sebastian):

 So, we just got rid of the naming thing because it was an extra thing to
 run, and only 2 out of 9 dirauth ops could be bothered to set it up.
 Similarly, only 5 of 9 can be bothered to set up bwauths. This makes me
 sad, but I worry about features like this that add extra code which
 doesn't get auto-installed with the dirauth. Maybe we need to kick our
 dirauth ops more, too - tho I tried that recently and it took a long time,
 too.

 For the keeping around of consensuses and deletion stuff, mvdan has just
 written all of this inside Tor. Don't write it again, improve his stuff
 with options if you need :)

 How much space are we talking about, btw? I would estimate around 10GB. I
 suppose that should be managable for all dirauths, but I don't know.

 On another note, I'm not sure how valuable making the time you keep
 consensuses configurable would be - what are the dirauth interactions here
 if they have different timespans?

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