[tor-relays] Relay

[Jonathan W]

I'm so sorry.. I follow a little, how do I convert that into the value used
by *BandwidthRate* **


On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Martin Weinelt <tor at linuxlounge.net> wrote:

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> On 14.09.2013 21:47, Jonathan W wrote:
> > I am about to run a relay, but I don't want it using more than
> > 1000GB a month.  I prefer to manage this using the *BandwidthRate**
> > *but I don't know the math* *to constrain it over a 1000GB a
> > month. * * I also want to relay the directory.  Is there a way to
> > also use vidalia to interface?  I'll be relaying on a linux
> > (ubuntu) server remotly, and I'm using a windows system to set it
> > all up.  I'll be using SSH to shell in, but I'd love to use
> > vidalia.
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Jon
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Hello Jon,
>
> this is quite easy to determine.
>
> We have a known time frame of a month, lets say the average month has
> 30 days. Then:
>    Timeframe = ~30 days
>              = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 seconds
>              = 30 * 86400 seconds
>              = 2592000 seconds
>
> Since Tor specifies Bandwidth in kB (per second) lets convert your
> traffic limit to that.
>
>    Traffic-Limit = 1000 GB
>                  = 1000 * 1024 MB
>                  = 1000 * 1024 * 1024 kB
>                  = 1048510000 kB
>
> - From that we can derive the average speed to reach (or stay below)
> your traffic limit. Depending on whether your provider counts TX+RX or
> just TX you may or may not have to half the bandwidth.
>
>    Avg. Bandwidth = Traffic-Limit / Timeframe
>                   = 1048510000 kB / 2592000 seconds
>                   = 404,517746914 kB / s
>
> Cheers!
>
> Martin
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