[tor-talk] Bandwidth / RAM: When does it make sense to operate a tor relay (non-exit)

[Chris Dagdigian]

Quick reply ...

  - I run a tor exit node with a raspberry PI 2 model B. The prior 
generation struggled a bit to run under load but the 2B works fine
- Experience has been fantastic; tor builds and run just fine from 
source and my only outages were upstream or power related over the last year

> Jan Luehr <mailto:tor-list at jluehr.de>
> January 4, 2016 at 9:35 AM
> Hello folks,
>
> I tried to bring this up at last years 32c3 relay operators meetup, but
> I didn't get much feedback. Thus, I'm asking here ;-).
>
> -> Who is running a tor-relay on embedded hardware (such as rasperri pi,
> etc.). at home. What's your experience?
> -> What platform are you using (rasperri pi?).
> -> What is the minimum bandwith for a tor-relay (non-exit), that does
> make sense? Are "slow" ADSL2+ connections (16Mbit/s down / 1 MBit/s up)
> suitable?
> -> What's is your experience?
>
> We're trying to build a small relay in our hackerspace and - depending
> on what makes sense at all - give a small workshop on crafting a tor
> relay on cheap hardware.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Jan