[tor-relays] middle relay connexions dropped in half

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Thanks; this was a really helpful reply; when the electricity goes off, one tends to check one's own plug rather than think the main transformer just died.  
Especially the capacity/latency part; I would never have gotten that by myself.


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On March 13, 2018 10:56 PM, teor <teor2345 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On 13 Mar 2018, at 20:51, mytormail mytormail at posteo.net wrote:
> > 
> > I just doesn't feel right if donated capacity isn't used.
> 
> Oh, but your relay's spare capacityis used.
> 
> Just not the way you think.
> 
> A congested relay is a slow and unstable relay.
> 
> A relay with extra capacity has lower latency, and can deal with
> 
> unexpected traffic peaks.
> 
> We expect relays to use 30% - 60% of their capacity.
> 
> But I think we'd like 10% - 20% for the best latency.
> 
> Also, the network is still adjusting after the bandwidth authorities
> 
> being down for a few days, and a million extra clients leaving the
> 
> network. So it might take a few weeks for bandwidth to balance
> 
> out.
> 
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