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

[JT Allison]

They already do so that you don't have all dropping at the same time.

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 On Feb 1, 2015 3:33 PM, "Zack Weinberg" <zackw at cmu.edu> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster at gmx.de>
> wrote:
> > On 02/01/2015 08:02 PM, Sebastian Urbach wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > I was wondering why the exit probability of my relay was tripled during
> the
> > past few days and now is at the usual level.
> > Your thoughts explains it well.
>
> I wonder how hard it would be to have relays randomize the start point
> of their hibernation period, to stabilize the amount of available
> bandwidth over a 1-month interval...
>
> zw
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