[tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

Aurel W. aurel.w at gmail.com
Wed Feb 1 18:15:51 UTC 2012


Hi,

how much Bandwidth would you use for tor? Anyway, RAM could be the
limitting factor here.

aurel

On 1 February 2012 17:45, Goulven Guillard <lecotegougdelaforce at free.fr> wrote:
> 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.
>
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