Re: [tor-relays] Tor Relay - RelayBandwidthRate vs. RelayBandwidthBurst
Great, and many thanks - that explains it: if the bursting-timespan is 1 sec only only I obviously can't see that bandwidth bursting with my resolution of 10 sec measurements. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, 22. August 2019 05:02, teor wrote: > Hi, > > > On 20 Aug 2019, at 20:23, petra...@protonmail.ch wrote: > > I'm struggling a bit with the two config options for RelayBandwidthRate and > > RelayBandwidthBurst - what I currently have in my torrc config file is: > > ... > > RelayBandwidthRate 8 Mbit > > RelayBandwidthBurst 12 Mbit > > ... > > My assumption was that on average the Relay would consume 8 Mbps max. but > > over a shorter period of time also up to 12 Mbps in case needed. > > What I see (historical monitor data at 10 s intervals for the past 6 > > months) is that the bandwidth usage never exceeds 8 Mbps. I can also see > > the consumption to be levelled out at 8 Mbps for minutes or hours so it > > looks like there would be a need for more bandwidth. > > Yes the Tor network does need more bandwidth, particularly for exits. > > > My question: why can't I see the bandwidth usage going above 8 Mbps and > > making use of the allowed burst? Btw, I'm typically using the latest stable > > tor, currently the relay is on 0.4.0.5. > > The burst is over a very short period of time. > I think it's about 1 second. > > The rate is averaged is over a slightly longer period of time, and > includes any burst bandwidth. That is, if the bandwidth burst to > 12 Mbps in the last second, the bandwidth in this second will be > 4 Mbps. The lower bandwidth in the next second keeps the average to > 8 Mbps. > > T > > --- > > teor > > - > > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] Tor Relay - RelayBandwidthRate vs. RelayBandwidthBurst
Hi, > On 20 Aug 2019, at 20:23, petra...@protonmail.ch wrote: > > I'm struggling a bit with the two config options for RelayBandwidthRate and > RelayBandwidthBurst - what I currently have in my torrc config file is: > > ... > RelayBandwidthRate 8 Mbit > RelayBandwidthBurst 12 Mbit > ... > > My assumption was that on average the Relay would consume 8 Mbps max. but > over a shorter period of time also up to 12 Mbps in case needed. > What I see (historical monitor data at 10 s intervals for the past 6 months) > is that the bandwidth usage never exceeds 8 Mbps. I can also see the > consumption to be levelled out at 8 Mbps for minutes or hours so it looks > like there would be a need for more bandwidth. Yes the Tor network does need more bandwidth, particularly for exits. > My question: why can't I see the bandwidth usage going above 8 Mbps and > making use of the allowed burst? Btw, I'm typically using the latest stable > tor, currently the relay is on 0.4.0.5. The burst is over a very short period of time. I think it's about 1 second. The rate is averaged is over a slightly longer period of time, and includes any burst bandwidth. That is, if the bandwidth burst to 12 Mbps in the last second, the bandwidth in this second will be 4 Mbps. The lower bandwidth in the next second keeps the average to 8 Mbps. T -- teor -- signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
[tor-relays] Tor Relay - RelayBandwidthRate vs. RelayBandwidthBurst
I'm struggling a bit with the two config options for RelayBandwidthRate and RelayBandwidthBurst - what I currently have in my torrc config file is: > ... > RelayBandwidthRate 8 Mbit > RelayBandwidthBurst 12 Mbit > ... My assumption was that on average the Relay would consume 8 Mbps max. but over a shorter period of time also up to 12 Mbps in case needed. What I see (historical monitor data at 10 s intervals for the past 6 months) is that the bandwidth usage never exceeds 8 Mbps. I can also see the consumption to be levelled out at 8 Mbps for minutes or hours so it looks like there would be a need for more bandwidth. My question: why can't I see the bandwidth usage going above 8 Mbps and making use of the allowed burst? Btw, I'm typically using the latest stable tor, currently the relay is on 0.4.0.5. Any comment welcome!___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
