Re: [tor-relays] Which is more helpful, availability or speed?

[Moritz Bartl <moritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/26/2013 03:11 PM, phoneyball@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> If my relay is in a datacenter with a fast link but constrained by a
> in+out<100GByte monthly limit, is it more helpful to provide:
> 
> * a slow relay that is usually available, e.g. 30KByte/sec available
> about two-thirds of the time, or:
> 
> * a fast relay that hibernates a lot, e.g. 1MByte/sec but only available
> 1/50th of the time?
> 
> Secondly, is it more helpful to be:
> 
> * available every day for a fraction of that day, or:
> 
> * available continuously for some consecutive days then hibernated for
> the rest of the month?
> 
> Thanks for any advice. (I've read differing opinions on these questions
> written at different times, but haven't found a clear consensus.)

I don't think there is clear consensus. I would say make it available
for a consecutive timespan, and set the speed limit to something not
lower than 1 MB/s.

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/1854

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