Hi all,
I am considering setting up a tor relay. However my configuration is not powerful and I failed to find precise informations about the hardware system requirements. I believe it would be useful to have such informations in the FAQ, along with graphs of the needed RAM & CPU as a function of the allocated bandwidth.
Anyway, I would use a Sheevaplug (Marvell 1.2 GHz CPU, 512 MB DDR2 @ 400 MHz) running Debian Squeeze. It already serves as a small webserver (~200 visits/month, <10 MB bandwidth/month), and 150 MB of RAM are allocated to flashybrid (which helps preserving the SD card life by keeping /var/log/* and such data in RAM and write it down only once in a while).
First questions : would it be eligible as a tor relay ? As a tor exit ? Or should I rather go for a bridge ? I guess my bandwidth will be limited by the hardware, how much would you suggest ?
On the same network is my personal computer which is much more powerful but down most of the day, so I guess it would be unworthy to make use of it ?
I have also thought about using the PC of my parents as a bridge (smaller bandwidth), but again it is online only a few hours a day, would it be worth it ?
Thanks.
Regards,
G.