[tor-relays] About relay size

[teor]

On 30 Sep 2017, at 09:55, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:

>> Is it better if I run other small ones (100Mbps too) or only 1 big exit relay (1 Gbps) ? What's best for the network stability/security?
> 
> My overall analysis is that one 1Gbps relay is a better contribution to the network than two 100 Mbps relays

I agree.
Larger, faster relays help clients achieve low-latency, high bandwidth
connections.

But depending on your processor speed, you might find that each tor
instance can only use about ~300Mbps before it maxes out the CPU.
(And it can take a few weeks for a new tor relay to get to the
maximum.)

So you may need 3-4 tor instances on your 1Gbps connection.
And you can only have 2 tor instances per public IPv4 address.

-- 
Tim / teor

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