On 01 Nov (18:15:13), Keifer Bly wrote:
> Hi,
>
> So I am wondering, is a Raspberry Pi 4 a recommended device to run a tor
> relay on? In terms of traffic load, etc? Thanks.

Greetings,

For a while, Pies were not powerful enough to handle high throughput traffic
that the network needed (and still needs). RAM was also very limited (relays at
minimum need 4GB these days).

And this all gets worst when DDoS happen where the Pies of the network are the
first one to die.

With the latest versions, they are quite more powerful. But, apart from CPU and
RAM, what is massively important for a relay is uptime and reliability.

That is where a Pie on your home desk can be not so great. It can't be seen as
just a fun experiment or just "I'll do that for 6 months until I can figure out
something better to do with the Pie" also :S...

The Tor network needs relays that are powerful (better speed, better at soaking
DDoS) and more importantly reliable and trustable. And so, if you are aiming
for that with a Pie4, by all means :).

Cheers!
David

--
LVhDzrGDlICa3f1oXA8PH221hdOB1qlpD6N7G58Keww=
_______________________________________________
tor-relays mailing list
tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays