diff --git a/formats/v2/sites/max-rates.json.jsonnet b/formats/v2/sites/max-rates.json.jsonnet
index 872b0243..fe6c77fc 100644
--- a/formats/v2/sites/max-rates.json.jsonnet
+++ b/formats/v2/sites/max-rates.json.jsonnet
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 local sites = import 'sites.jsonnet';
 
-/*
-The max-rate for the -txcontroller.max-rate flag for ndt-server for 1Gbit/s
-sites is set to 150Mbit/s, which should mean that the combined throughput for a
-a site should not exceed 450Mbit/s, notwithstanding already running tests which
-may significantly exceed this number.
-*/
-local MaxRate1g = 150000000;
-
-/*
-The max-rate for the -txcontroller.max-rate flag for ndt-server for 10Gbit/s
-sites is set to 2.5Gbit/s, which should mean that the combined throughput for a
-a site should not exceed 7.5Gbit/s, notwithstanding already running tests which
-may significantly exceed this number.
-*/
-local MaxRate10g = 2500000000;
-
 {
-  [site.name]: if site.transit.uplink == '1g' then MaxRate1g else MaxRate10g
+  [site.name]: site.MaxRate()
   for site in sites
+  if site.annotations.type == 'physical'
 }
diff --git a/lib/site.jsonnet b/lib/site.jsonnet
index 4451aab4..20548884 100644
--- a/lib/site.jsonnet
+++ b/lib/site.jsonnet
@@ -175,6 +175,30 @@ local version = std.extVar('version');
     else if subnet == 28 then 11
     else 3
   ),
+  // MaxRate returns the appropriate value for the -txcontroller.max-rate flag
+  // of ndt-server. It only applies to physical machines. The _general_ rule is
+  // that the value for "minimal" (i.e., single server) sites should be 3x the
+  // rate for a "full" site. The one exception to this is for 1g sites, where a
+  // single fast client could exhaust the circuit, in which case we keep the
+  // value for minimal sites lower.
+  MaxRate():: (
+    local subnet = $._net_subnet($.network.ipv4.prefix, 'v4');
+    local uplink = $.transit.uplink;
+    if uplink == '1g' then
+      if subnet == 26 then
+        // 150Mbits/s
+        150000000
+      else
+        // 300Mbits/s
+        300000000
+    else
+      if subnet == 26 then
+        // 2.5Gbits/s
+        2500000000
+      else
+        // 7.5Gbits/s
+        7500000000
+  ),
 
   // Extract the last octet as an integer.
   _v4_net_offset(net):: std.parseInt(std.split(std.split(net, '/')[0], '.')[3]),