On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:48:16PM -0700, Sriakhil Gogineni wrote:
Ball park quotes we got were 99$ / 100 Mbps or $599 / 1000 Mbps for transit for a single 1U... we'll see if we can get something better...
That's a good quote for 1Gbps.
Would this be helpful / viable option for a Tor exit node ?
Yes.
I also had just one question: what are the specs required for a Tor node? It does not seem too resource intensive but I have not been able to find any minimum system requirements. Would a current / last-generation quad core with 8GB + would suffice?
A quad-core Xeon X3350 at 2.66 GHz can easily push 500 Mbps of Tor throughput (500 Mbps up, 500 Mbps down). CPU is a fairly limiting factor. Having AES-NI is a benefit. 8GB RAM is reasonable; there's no reason to have more, but less is a tight squeeze.
-andy