[tor-bugs] #32720 [Core Tor/Tor]: How much bandwidth does a user use to bootstrap and maintain dir info? How has that changed over time?

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#32720: How much bandwidth does a user use to bootstrap and maintain dir info? How
has that changed over time?
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 Reporter:  arma          |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  task          |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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Comment (by nickm):

 I'm starting by trying the following experiments:

  1. master
  2. master with UseMicrodescriptors 0
  3. master with consensus diffs disabled
  4. master with non-zlib compression disabled

 I'm using tweaked versions of master in preference to running old
 versions, since there are likely to be other bugs in the older versions
 that throw off the results.

 In all cases, I'm running with
 {{{
 DormantOnFirstStartup 0
 dormantclienttimeout 1  week
 circuitsavailabletimeout 1 day
 fetchdirinfoearly 1
 }}}
 so that we try to download everything every hour, and we don't go dormant
 or decide that we aren't building circuits.

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