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

[AVee]

On 2013-09-26 15:19, Moritz Bartl wrote:
> On 09/26/2013 03:11 PM, phoneyball at vfemail.net 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

Would the sensible solution be to set RelayBandwidthBurst to a high 
value while leaving RelayBandwidthRate low enough to prevent 
hibernation? I'm not sure how this would work out, but it might result 
in a relay which is able to support fast connections when required and 
still be up most/all the time.

AVee