So I am trying to limit as google cloud has strict pricing plans. Perhaps I should go back to just running a bridge for now. What would the traffic limit for a useful relay be? Thanks.
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 10:40 AM Matt Traudt <pas...@torproject.org> wrote: > On 6/3/19 13:20, Keifer Bly wrote: > > Hi all, so as of Google Clouds pricing plans on outgoing traffic, I am > > attempting to set my relay to hibernate after sending 100 mbits of data > > per month. Does this torrc configuration look like it would do that? > > > > SOCKSPort 0 > > > > ORPort 65534 > > > > ExitPolicy reject *:* > > > > > > ContactInfo keiferDoTblyAtgmaildOtcom > > > > Nickname torworld > > > > RelayBandwidthRate 100 MBits > > > > RelayBandwidthBurst 100 MBits > > > > AccountingMax 100 MBits > > > > AccountingStart month 1 00:00 > > > > AccountingRule out > > > > Thanks all. > > > > 100 Megabits is 12.5 Megabytes, and approximately ~10 page loads of the > average web page these days (as unscientifically eye-balled by me). > > Further, setting RBR and RBB to 100 Mbits (per second) means you could > theoretically hit your tiny AccountingMax in the first second of every > month. > > An AccountingMax of 100 Megabits is almost assuredly not what you > actually want. > > I'm wondering if there was some confusion about the difference between > speed and a simple of bytes. Confusingly, Tor uses the same unit strings > (like "MBits") for both, but mentally we should be adding "per second" > for torrc options like RelayBandwidthRate. > > 100 Megabits per second is a reasonable RBR setting for a reasonable > relay. 100 Megabits per month is a useless relay. > > Hope that helps. > > Matt > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > -- --Keifer
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