[tor-bugs] #24716 [Core Tor/DirAuth]: Try cranking up cbttestfreq consensus param, to see if it helps the current overload

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#24716: Try cranking up cbttestfreq consensus param, to see if it helps the current
overload
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 Reporter:  arma              |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task              |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium            |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/DirAuth  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal            |     Resolution:
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Comment (by arma):

 Here is a "before" picture from my freeBogatov relay:
 {{{
 Dec 22 00:38:00.372 [notice] Circuit handshake stats since last time:
 495489/495557 TAP, 37413745/37414692 NTor.
 Dec 22 06:38:00.401 [notice] Circuit handshake stats since last time:
 393195/393196 TAP, 32050097/32050113 NTor.
 Dec 22 12:38:00.404 [notice] Circuit handshake stats since last time:
 445394/445854 TAP, 33484384/33565916 NTor.
 }}}

 https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7B35DB92BA72BA0BBFD51B35B11A4967757E67B4

 30-something million ntors per 6 hours translates to around 1500 create
 cells per second (or about 770Kbytes/s incoming traffic solely for
 creates)

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