Running a relay with low transfer limits
Hi folks, Is there a generally accepted recommendation for how to set up a relay on a server with a fast connection but limited monthly transfers, say less than 100GB each way per month? Having done a bit of reading it seems daily limits are the way to go but I've found contradictory information regarding also limiting the bandwidth. Should I keep the relay accepting traffic (albeit slowly) for most of the day, allow a fast connection but for a very limited period every 24 hours or something in between. Thanks, Ike
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 01/04/2017 07:54 PM, ike wrote:
say less than 100GB each way per month?
$> echo "scale=2.0; 100 * 1024^3 / 31 / 24 / 60 / 60 / 1024" | bc 39.14 So you're asking, if 40 KB/sec would be the better choice ? - -- Toralf PGP: C4EACDDE 0076E94E -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHYEAREIAB4FAlhtU0oXHHRvcmFsZi5mb2Vyc3RlckBnbXguZGUACgkQxOrN3gB2 6U7BHAD9Expva3Yg4NCd3tfONN+vD/uAMLZz1arzbNBES9Z1ec8A/jIGI920S7+k UhHpWBW2TXfb9nm5qEqOb+20CtYOy2lz =7wx5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
there is no speed limit? I am the opinion that I have read something about 250 kb / s! ------------------------ Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator Am 04.01.2017 um 20:55 schrieb Toralf Förster:
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On 01/04/2017 07:54 PM, ike wrote:
say less than 100GB each way per month? $> echo "scale=2.0; 100 * 1024^3 / 31 / 24 / 60 / 60 / 1024" | bc 39.14
So you're asking, if 40 KB/sec would be the better choice ?
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I apreciate I'm not going to keep a relay running 24 hours on this server but I'd like to know if there was a guide for balancing uptime vs bandwidth or if this is even something tor itself would handle. If tor used all the available bandwidth I'd hit my target in just 100 seconds uptime every 24 hours. On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 09:00:53PM +0100, Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator wrote:
there is no speed limit? I am the opinion that I have read something about 250 kb / s!
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Am 04.01.2017 um 20:55 schrieb Toralf F??rster:
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On 01/04/2017 07:54 PM, ike wrote:
say less than 100GB each way per month? $> echo "scale=2.0; 100 * 1024^3 / 31 / 24 / 60 / 60 / 1024" | bc 39.14
So you're asking, if 40 KB/sec would be the better choice ?
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RelayBandwidthRate 400 KBytes BandwidthRate 400 KBytes there are running other services too. ------------------------ Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator Am 04.01.2017 um 21:18 schrieb ike:
I apreciate I'm not going to keep a relay running 24 hours on this server but I'd like to know if there was a guide for balancing uptime vs bandwidth or if this is even something tor itself would handle.
If tor used all the available bandwidth I'd hit my target in just 100 seconds uptime every 24 hours.
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 09:00:53PM +0100, Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator wrote:
there is no speed limit? I am the opinion that I have read something about 250 kb / s!
------------------------ Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator
Am 04.01.2017 um 20:55 schrieb Toralf F??rster:
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On 01/04/2017 07:54 PM, ike wrote:
say less than 100GB each way per month? $> echo "scale=2.0; 100 * 1024^3 / 31 / 24 / 60 / 60 / 1024" | bc 39.14
So you're asking, if 40 KB/sec would be the better choice ?
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I had a limit on one exit of 1000 gb per month - Ive set the speed as 5mbps which works for that limit (only measured on tx) so divide by 10 and youre looking at 0.5mbps on your torrc file setting - you can also set accountingmax so you dontgo over this. Also if its a new relay then the bandwidth will not get fully used for a couple of weeks giving a bit of leeway. You can also use vnstat via sendmail to ping you when you reach a certain usuage. Cheers Mark B Snaptor.co.uk (non commercial)
On 4 Jan 2017, at 20:21, Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator <coby@fu110.de> wrote:
RelayBandwidthRate 400 KBytes BandwidthRate 400 KBytes
there are running other services too. <vnstat_top.png>
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Am 04.01.2017 um 21:18 schrieb ike: I apreciate I'm not going to keep a relay running 24 hours on this server but I'd like to know if there was a guide for balancing uptime vs bandwidth or if this is even something tor itself would handle.
If tor used all the available bandwidth I'd hit my target in just 100 seconds uptime every 24 hours.
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 09:00:53PM +0100, Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator wrote:
there is no speed limit? I am the opinion that I have read something about 250 kb / s!
------------------------ Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator
Am 04.01.2017 um 20:55 schrieb Toralf F??rster:
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On 01/04/2017 07:54 PM, ike wrote:
say less than 100GB each way per month? $> echo "scale=2.0; 100 * 1024^3 / 31 / 24 / 60 / 60 / 1024" | bc 39.14
So you're asking, if 40 KB/sec would be the better choice ?
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Why don't you use the Accounting setting? AccountingMax and AccountingStart in the settings. I think the only downside with it is that Tor does not advertise the directory port. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJYbVuPAAoJEK6hLaeDn2v6XG0P/3wdrPeFBSANP6BaSQyWiTRO HzN3bG0qQjyqsapFb85LBOpaZUq+xrQiXFbqcKc5dkVta2SHmh44TfyZXCocgNNy +5RUcN/ccJfsdGVJEcTkDe1mTTp/EDJomEnc10ZvFoYmXOpHXoRPxGZGtM+SI+ny pDSs3hRBzsxhxfF18ANkSJUhDVo1DzP8CHdR6UIILyEHBjK90Qv+/aIECjZaor4Y BFhYkcb9YKRh5453m16VgnIbhH+mxsXegAk9KBt1yDykSJNgrUozgAF7X7yKgrtp 3uu3wHMGP4HQiLPiON5MbcSibMu2AC5YqHdRf27yltPhI052OPt7RFYIR+LuWCuJ TeS8U5oxBF8fHpwGypwFVPu/1L80yBDr3UG36Pllmqq6OO5v44ScrHINzFCGL5Eg 9RlDJRHZ+0iPVaI+OkppkUsXXQfJBfQNEhpE0z058bvpZxrd4CbMGA2uyHBHxbl1 P8I+TOq1fYJiz2/Cb+b5mbkcLxtSkLTe6i2tdgW87CmFV5ZLotIKw/rRglqqy05Q 8VDnmcxDNUcnqCfUHD/3wYthdtw/v2o7p5fq0bqQRwRjRFMdHrhLv9iUrOzFlrfa uJ42we3OurC1IeAm8Bvrpqb96yEqpPxhys3OZCPalUar63SQEggpWo+lBh3fwtEA 9Mc81HwvPwQ/z07Ozjzn =faXm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On 5 Jan 2017, at 07:31, Simon Fischer <tor@simonfischer.info> wrote:
Signed PGP part Why don't you use the Accounting setting? AccountingMax and AccountingStart in the settings. I think the only downside with it is that Tor does not advertise the directory port.
This is a feature: tor will only advertise the directory port if it is sure it has spare traffic for directory requests. This prioritises client traffic over directory requests. T -- Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n xmpp: teor at torproject dot org ------------------------------------------------------------------------
This has been discussed before, try searching the archives with something like "AccountingMax vs RelayBandwidthRate". I think teor gave a very good answer here: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-May/006956.html The technique you'll want to use really depends on whether you want a faster relay for part of the month, or a stable (but slower) relay throughout the month. Teor goes into more detail in that post.
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