[tor-relays] Question about relay speed

Dave Warren davew at hireahit.com
Sat Oct 1 22:15:48 UTC 2016


On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, at 04:54, Sheesh wrote:
> Hello!
> I'm running a non-exit relay on my VPS with small amount of
> traffic/month. That means my advertised bandwidth is ~500 KB/s. I got a
> new VPS where I want to let a relay run with several MB/s - My question
> now is: should I let the slower relay run (aka do 500 KB/s positively
> contribute to the TOR network?) or move my relay key to the new server
> and run this one only?

To me, if the old relay is on a provider/network that isn't already
over-populated, more is better and it's a net good. If that provider is
already well covered, it's less useful.

Your mileage and opinions may vary.




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