[tor-relays] Why is my fast relay so slow to gain popularity?

[irregulator at riseup.net]

On 09/11/2013 07:20 PM, Jesse Victors wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone, newcomer here.
> 
> I'm behind very fast connection (11.5 MB/sec down, 7.5 MB/sec up)
> and I thought that the Tor network could benefit from my
> connection, especially since it's apparently been under high load
> recently. Per the latest blog posts, I downloaded the beta TBB and
> configured it as a relay under Linux. It's been up for almost two
> days now, yet it's still being utilized at a very, very small
> fraction of it's potential. In the network map, I see that my relay
> has an advertised speed which is again much slower than it actually
> can be. To my knowledge, a web server can be put under full load
> right away, and distributing computing projects use the most of
> your computer right off the bat. Why doesn't Tor run computational
> and/or bandwidth tests and advertise my relay at a much more actual
> speed? I don't see why a fast relay has to start at the very bottom
> of the barrel to begin with. I can see the logic in slowly ramping
> up connections in testing for stability and scalability, but the 
> progress is slow because it's continually fighting against that
> existing average. I can set my requested average and burst
> bandwidth, but AFAIK I can't affect my advertised bandwidth. Why
> are things this way, and is there anything I can do to speed up the
> utilization growth?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, Jesse V.
> 
> 

On 09/11/2013 12:43 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote:> Many people set up
new fast relays and then wonder why their bandwidth
> is not fully loaded instantly. In this post I'll walk you through
> the lifecycle of a new fast non-exit relay, since Tor's bandwidth
> estimation and load balancing has gotten much more complicated in
> recent years.
> 
> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay
> 
> --Roger


I think the best thing to do is be patient. :)