[tor-relays] Hibernating / Traffic limit and consequrnces for the network.

[Sebastian Urbach]

Dear list,

I would like to discuss hibernating and the consequences for the network. 
As someone running unmetered GBit systems i like to point out that there is 
a downside for the network when it comes to hibernating.

Usually a few days before the end of every month my systems are getting 
slammed with traffic / directory requests. I thought about that and came up 
with the theory that a lot of systems with traffic limitations are dropping 
out a few days before the end of the month. This means more pressure on the 
remaining systems in the network.

If the trend that more systems with limitations are participating increases 
we are going to see a serious imbalance in the network at some point. I 
know, poor unmetered systems ;-) I would like everybody to bear this in 
mind when it comes to the decision "Adjust the Rate or just open the gates 
and burn it as fast as possible".

I'm in the fortunate position to be able to tribute a nice amount of money 
/ traffic, but even systems with unmetered traffic can just help until the 
bandwidth / hardware limits are reached. It would be awesome if i could 
conbince some of you to take a step back and take a moment to look at the 
bigger picture. I would like to provide a good service for everyone, even 
at the end of the month. That's getting harder the more systems are not 
present at the end of the month.

At this point i like to quote G. K. Chesterton:

“We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a 
terrible loyalty.”

Thank you for reading this and my best wishes for all of you.

-- 
Sincerely yours / Sincères salutations / M.f.G.

Sebastian Urbach

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