[tor-bugs] #5726 [Tor Relay]: Sheevaplug Review

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#5726: Sheevaplug Review
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks  |          Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  trivial      |      Milestone:     
Component:  Tor Relay    |        Version:     
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   Points:               |   Actualpoints:     
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 Hi,

 I would like to share my experience running a Sheevaplug (Debian)
 as a middle relay at a home Internet uplink with a maximal
 upload bandwidth of 4 Mbps.

 The Sheevaplug was dedicated to run Tor only,
 so the system load and traffic you see on the following
 graphs was exclusively generated by Tor.

 http://imageshack.us/f/190/dailytrafficrxtxtotal.png/
 http://imageshack.us/f/338/trafficday.png/
 http://imageshack.us/f/838/connectionsweek.png/
 http://imageshack.us/f/443/ppsday.png/
 http://imageshack.us/f/824/memoryday.png/
 http://imageshack.us/f/208/cpuday.png/
 http://imageshack.us/f/269/loadday.png/

 Occasionally the log showed the following warning:
 "[warn] Your computer is too slow to handle this many circuit creation
 requests!
 Please consider using the MaxAdvertisedBandwidth config option or choosing
 a more restricted exit policy."

 but otherwise it seamed to run fast enough to handle 4 Mbps of Tor traffic
 coming in and going out.

 The Sheevaplug seams to have a heat problem when running 24/7 with
 steady load. My Sheevaplug unfortunately died (power supply).
 Many other report the same problem:
 http://chemicaloliver.net/electronics/sheevaplug-why-globalscale-suck/
 http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=1734.0
 https://newit.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=353.0

 (it would be interessting to know if the dreamplug has a similar power
 supply issue)
 The OS was running on a pen drive.

 I ordered a B3 to see if that one is better suited to run 24/7
 - but has also a much higher price..

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