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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