[tor-relays] Question: RAM requirement for an exit relay

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If you're going to run an exit relay from your home, just be aware that there is a > 0 chance that law enforcement will show up at your door with a warrant (or not) and seize your equipment. All of it, not just the Pi. Depending on where you live, they might seize you too.


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On Monday, 14 de December de 2020 19:44, Amadeus Ramazotti <cryptoquantumhammer at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey,
> partly related to original question:
> I'm planning to set up a new exit. My very first relay. I'm planning to use a small SoC with 2GB ram. Something running on ARM like a raspberry pi.
> 

> Is this feasible or even a good idea?
> 

> Regards
> 

> On 14 Dec 2020, at 15:10, torix at protonmail.com wrote:
> 

> I have several 1 G RAM exits running unbound without a problem. They never seem to hit swap, either. On FreeBSD:
> last pid: 83973; load averages: 0.86, 0.71, 0.62 up 130+15:44:28 16:02:04
> 23 processes: 2 running, 21 sleeping
> CPU: 43.1% user, 0.0% nice, 2.7% system, 5.5% interrupt, 48.6% idle
> Mem: 101M Active, 734M Inact, 444M Wired, 151M Buf, 210M Free
> Swap: 512M Total, 512M Free
> 

> Go for it,
> 

> --Torix
> 

> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> 

> > On Monday, December 14, 2020 1:11 PM, lists at for-privacy.net wrote:
> > 

> > > On 14.12.2020 13:58, lists at for-privacy.net wrote:
> > > grep VmPeak/proc/$PID/status = 181836 kB
> > 

> > A non exit has less:
> > grep VmPeak/proc/$PID/status = 57336 kB
> > tor-proxy-02.for-privacy.net ^^
> > 

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