# Clarification on limiting tor bandwidth
**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/clarification-on-limiting-tor-bandwidth/19799
**Category:** Relay Operator
**Created:** [July 7, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/clarification-on-limiting-tor-bandwidth/19799 "2025-07-07T18:28:05Z")
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### Author:  [@foo](https://forum.torproject.org/u/foo)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/clarification-on-limiting-tor-bandwidth/19799/1 "2025-07-07T18:28:05Z")
I have read over the article on [limiting tor bandwidth](https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/limit-total-bandwidth/) and just want to make sure my understanding is correct. I have a relay running with 5TB of traffic allowed per month (combining the upload and download).
The example for days says:
> Example: Let’s say you want to allow 50 GB of traffic every day in each direction and the accounting should reset at noon each day:
```auto
AccountingStart day 12:00
AccountingMax 50 GBytes
```
In my case, I want to allow 5TB combined over the entire month. Should my torrc look like this? I am assuming that the ‘month’ flag just starts on the first of each month, and that my inbound and outbound traffic is going to be roughly even:
```auto
AccountingStart Month 12:00
AccountingMax 2500 GBytes
# or would it be AccountingMax 5000 GBytes?
```
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### Author:  [@trinity-1686a](https://forum.torproject.org/u/trinity-1686a)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/clarification-on-limiting-tor-bandwidth/19799/2 "2025-07-07T21:28:10Z")
it is a way to do what you want, though i’d probably set to `month 00:00` unless you have a specific reason to start at mid-day
You may also enjoy using `AccountingRule sum`, which is a builtin way to handle this kind of “combined” limit. You can read more about the `Accounting*`configuration options by running `man tor`, and searching (`/`) for these options
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### Author:  [@foo](https://forum.torproject.org/u/foo)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/clarification-on-limiting-tor-bandwidth/19799/3 "2025-07-08T07:51:09Z")
Awesome, thanks for the man page tip!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.torproject.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/clarification-on-limiting-tor-bandwidth/19799/4 "2025-07-09T07:51:32Z")
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