Explain soft shutdown mode a little better in the accountingmax documentation

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Nick Mathewson 2011-01-26 11:45:37 -05:00
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@ -900,7 +900,9 @@ is non-zero):
period, or receive more than that number in the period. For example, with
AccountingMax set to 1 GB, a server could send 900 MB and receive 800 MB
and continue running. It will only hibernate once one of the two reaches 1
GB. When the number of bytes is exhausted, Tor will hibernate until some
GB. When the number of bytes gets low, Tor will stop accepting new
connections and circuits. When the number of bytes
is exhausted, Tor will hibernate until some
time in the next accounting period. To prevent all servers from waking at
the same time, Tor will also wait until a random point in each period
before waking up. If you have bandwidth cost issues, enabling hibernation