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