Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-19 Thread Cristian Consonni
2015-10-15 16:45 GMT+02:00 : > If you have the ability to use 'tc' instead > of BandwidthRate (per posts earlier this month) > you should do that. RelayBandwidth* are not > intended for limiting bandwidth in dedicated > relays. Replace them with BandwidthRate > and BandwidthBurst if you can't us

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-16 Thread Rejo Zenger
++ 15/10/15 12:28 -0800 - I: >What does NL (CC)? I presume "Netherlands" and "Country Code". In other words, given the number of exit nodes in the Netherlands and/or the volume of bandwidth provided from the Netherlands, it's better to have new nodes elsewhere for reasons as diversity. -- Re

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread mick
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:11:23 -0400 starlight.201...@binnacle.cx allegedly wrote: > Choices are not simple. > Never have been. And they get tougher over time. Trust me. - Mick Morgan gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread starlight . 2015q3
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 20:20:13 -, nusenu wrote: >>> LeaseWeb has 49 euro 100TB servers available >>> in the Netherlands--killer exit boxes that will >>> rate high and pull 15000 per Blutmagie. OVH has >>> good offerings as well >> >>Please consider diversity when adding relays. >> >>OVH (AS

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread I
What does NL (CC)? > > OVH (AS) and NL (CC) are among the worst places to add relays from a > (simplified) diversity point of view. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread nusenu
> LeaseWeb has 49 euro 100TB servers available > in the Netherlands--killer exit boxes that will > rate high and pull 15000 per Blutmagie. OVH has > good offerings as well Please consider diversity when adding relays. OVH (AS) and NL (CC) are among the worst places to add relays from a (simplifi

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread I
>>I turned up 4 instances, waited a few days to see which one performed the best, then shut down the others.That is very clever.Some perform much better than others.Rob,  ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread Green Dream
Due to the variance of performance of VPS instances, the last time I decided to add another single relay, I turned up 4 instances, waited a few days to see which one performed the best, then shut down the others. This only cost a few extra USD, at most, and greatly improved the value of the remaini

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread starlight . 2015q3
_gfs_ ccrelaycc NL 942 98 4.27 L 95.85.8.226 443 80 95.85.8.226 __fs_ jaine IT 216 13 4.27 L 5.249.145.164 443 80 ... .aruba.it __fs_ inara SG 38 98 4.27 L 128.199.148.243 443 80 128.199.148.243 One likely contributor to the relatively high rating of 'ccrelaycc' is residence in t

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread starlight . 2015q3
>None of the above :) > >I run these three relays[1][2][3]. > >ccrelaycc [1] has acquired the guard flag in the >last few days (don't know when, last time I >checked it did not have it). This relay is rated near the boundary of minimum Guard rating and goes in and out of the state. >A thing that

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread Cristian Consonni
2015-10-14 23:35 GMT+02:00 : >>* given costant resource (i.e. euro/month) I can >>afford to run relays is it in general better to >>run one bigger relay or, say, two smaller ones. > > Based on a past thread, guessing you run > > __fs_ BV2 IT 344 71 6.10 L 5.249.159.209 9001 None ... .aruba.it > __

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread Cristian Consonni
2015-10-14 23:46 GMT+02:00 Saint Aardvark the Carpeted : > An alternative to Puppet or Chef (and I'm a fan of both) would be > Ansible; it's much simpler to pick up, and uses SSH to connect to > machines to manage them -- no master server needed. I'd say that > with three nodes, something like thi

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-15 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 10/15/2015 01:22 AM, Green Dream wrote: >> An alternative to Puppet or Chef (and I'm a fan of both) would be >> Ansible; it's much simpler to pick up, and uses SSH to connect to >> machines to manage them -- no master server needed. > You just changed my life. I just hadn't looked into Ansible y

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-14 Thread Green Dream
> An alternative to Puppet or Chef (and I'm a fan of both) would be > Ansible; it's much simpler to pick up, and uses SSH to connect to > machines to manage them -- no master server needed. You just changed my life. I just hadn't looked into Ansible yet. It took about 5 minutes to setup, and seem

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-14 Thread Saint Aardvark the Carpeted
Green Dream disturbed my sleep to write: > You could use something like Puppet or Chef to manage multiple nodes. > However, the compute resources and time involved with setting up either > solution are high enough that it probably wouldn't make sense to do this > for only 3 nodes. An alternative t

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-14 Thread starlight . 2015q3
>* given costant resource (i.e. euro/month) I can >afford to run relays is it in general better to >run one bigger relay or, say, two smaller ones. Based on a past thread, guessing you run __fs_ BV2 IT 344 71 6.10 L 5.249.159.209 9001 None ... .aruba.it __fs_ BV3 IT 344 73 6.10 L 5.249.159.198 90

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-14 Thread Green Dream
You could use something like Puppet or Chef to manage multiple nodes. However, the compute resources and time involved with setting up either solution are high enough that it probably wouldn't make sense to do this for only 3 nodes. ___ tor-relays mailing

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-14 Thread Cristian Consonni
2015-10-14 23:00 GMT+02:00 Tim Wilson-Brown - teor : > > On 15 Oct 2015, at 07:55, Cristian Consonni wrote: > I am currently running three small relays on two different services/ISPs. > > I have two somewhat unrelated questions: > * given costant resource (i.e. euro/month) I can afford to run rela

Re: [tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-14 Thread Tim Wilson-Brown - teor
> On 15 Oct 2015, at 07:55, Cristian Consonni wrote: > > Hi, > > I am currently running three small relays on two different services/ISPs. > > I have two somewhat unrelated questions: > * given costant resource (i.e. euro/month) I can afford to run relays > is it in general better to run one b

[tor-relays] Tools for managing multiple relays

2015-10-14 Thread Cristian Consonni
Hi, I am currently running three small relays on two different services/ISPs. I have two somewhat unrelated questions: * given costant resource (i.e. euro/month) I can afford to run relays is it in general better to run one bigger relay or, say, two smaller ones. * are there any tools to manage m