[tor-bugs] #27571 [Metrics/Website]: Bandwidth values in top relays and relay view

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#27571: Bandwidth values in top relays and relay view
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 Reporter:  juga             |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  defect           |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium           |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal           |     Resolution:  not a bug
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Comment (by juga):

 Replying to [comment:3 irl]:

 > There are lots of columns that we could display here, but the view can
 get very crowded very quickly. At some point we should add the ability to
 choose what columns you would like to see and we could make consensus
 weight a default to display in the top relays view but this is going to
 take a big chunk of work to do.

 That would be great.

 > > > In a relay view [1], consensus weight does not have units, but dir-
 spec says it's in KB [2]. Would be useful to add the unit there?.
 > > > Is it took into account that consensus weight values are published
 in KB (not KiB, not B)?
 > >
 > > Well, dir-spec says it's '''"currently kilobytes per second".''' I
 don't think that adding a unit would add a lot more clarity. It's a weight
 that is only used in comparison to all other weights, so that a unit is
 not necessary.
 >
 > Consensus weights themselves are really only used to produce ratios. It
 is convenient if we have a unit we can think and reason about them with,
 but I don't think there is anything in tor that is actually interpreting
 consensus weights directly without considering the total consensus weights
 in the network.

 Still, the consensus weight is proportional to the measured bandwidths and
 observed bandwidths. It'd be useful to have same proportions when we'll
 create graphs comparing measured bandwidth and consensus weight, for
 instance.

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