[tor-relays] VPS

[Gordon Morehouse]

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Eduard:
> I rented a VPS with 256mb ram and unmetered bandwidth. Ubuntu
> 12.04. Can someone please tell me how to configure it as a non-exit
> relay for Tor? Acess via PuTTy.

256MB RAM and unmetered bandwidth is going to get you into trouble
very quickly.  That's not enough RAM.

If you're on a 10Mbps port and set your limits to about 5Mbps
RelayBandwidthRate, you're going to need more than 256MB - probably
more like 768MB and a cron job to restart Tor if it chews up all RAM
and gets itself killed.

(Restarting Tor is something you want to avoid, BTW, but I understand
the cost of RAM resources.)

Best,
- -Gordon M.


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