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<p>Hi!</p>
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<p>All modern Operating Systems should be up to the task of running
a Tor relay, if configured right. The question about which one
will work best has probably no general answer, but will depend on
the hardware (and software) configuration used, the quality of the
drivers for your specific hardware, etc. and you'll have to try
for yourself which one will give you the best performance.</p>
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<p>But please keep in mind that diversity is also very important,
since an overwhelming majority of relays runs on Linux. So even
if(!) Debian would be a bit faster, it could very well be worth it
to sacrifice a few percent performance to increase the OS
diversity.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 06.09.2016 um 22:14 schrieb Farid
Joubbi:<br>
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<p>Hello,</p>
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<p>I am thinking of setting up a new relay.</p>
<p>I know that the hardware in the server is going to be the
bottleneck, not my Internet connection.</p>
<p>I have a problem deciding on which OS to use for the relay.</p>
<p>A few years ago when I had a similar relay going, I had it
running on OpenBSD first.</p>
<p>Then I changed the OS to FreeBSD and the performance got about
20% better.</p>
<p>I have no idea if this would be the case today too.</p>
<p>So I think that maybe it's either FreeBSD or Debian that would
be "best", but I have nothing concrete to base that decision on
unless I try them both.</p>
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<p>I am going to use a Via C7 board in this specific case. So I
suspect that it's the maturity of the VIA drivers in the OS that
is going to make the difference. Still I would like to know how
to think in similar situations in the future even for other
hardware.<br>
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<p>Has anyone any concrete experience of the tor relay speeds on
different operating systems?</p>
<p>I don't want to start a flame war of religious beliefs, but I
suspect that OSes differ in how optimized they are for different
tasks.</p>
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<p>Thankful for any constructive input on this.</p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Farid<br>
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