[tor-relays] Port-Based Best-Fit Circuit Selection

[Sebastian Hahn]

On 20 Sep 2014, at 03:26, Jeremy Olexa <jolexa at jolexa.net> wrote:
> Hijack thread:
> So what is the advice to get a relay used more? Currently my relay
> won't even get close to the AccountingMax (4TB/mo) even though the
> BandwidthRate is set high enough (3MB/s). It seems like the network
> considers my AdvertisedBandwidth lower than what it should be. Or
> maybe because it is just a new relay in the network and still is in
> the 60day ramp-up period? The ISP advertises 40Gbit in and 125mbit
> out, so it should be fast enough to reach AccountingMax every month.
> Thoughts? Do I artificially increase my bandwidth rate to help the
> network more or will it come into equilibrium soon and reach
> AccountingMax?
> -Jeremy

your relay is probably not an exit relay, and non-exit relay capacity
is plentiful at the moment. Basically nobody reaches their configured
limits, especially not in the first three months of operation.

Cheers
Sebastian