[tor-relays] Inbound-outbound connexion ratio in tor

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On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 at 20:07 <torix at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> Since I started running Tor 0.3.2.10 a few months ago, I tend to have 2 to
> 3 times the number of inbound connexions as outbound, as reported by nyx.
> I am running a middle relay on Debian, no special anything.  Right now, for
> instance my inbound connexions are 2345, outbound are 861.
>
> The numbers never quite used to match, which made sense, because of tor
> overhead, but in a middle relay wouldn't they generally be about the same?
>
> Just wondering,
>
> --Torix
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Hi

I'm guessing these are connections the relay had ever association with.
When you restart a relay, it will equalise but then wander off with time
again. I see same thing:

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(blue: out, green: in)
notice the restart mid week 21

Regards
Seb
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