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

[torix at protonmail.com]

Seb, thanks very much; I just wasn't sure if it was actually a problem or not.  --Torix

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On June 5, 2018 2:36 PM, r1610091651 <r1610091651 at telenet.be> wrote:

> 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:
>
> [image.png]
> (blue: out, green: in)
> notice the restart mid week 21
>
> Regards
> Seb
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