Even a 1,8 ghz Atom can max out a 100mbit line … you don't need much …
niftybunny ab...@to-surf-and-protect.net Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. Thomas Gray > On 20 Mar 2017, at 21:45, Farid Joubbi <jou...@kth.se> wrote: > > I'm a little surprised that this kind of question is not documented anywhere, > or at least I have not been able to find it. > I have only found others asking the same question as me without getting a > good answer. > There was a quite exhaustive discussion seven years ago: > https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2010-August/000164.html > <https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2010-August/000164.html> > > This one got closed before a good answer: > https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/9966/system-requirements-of-tor-relay-how-powerful-a-cpu-and-ram-should-i-use > > <https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/9966/system-requirements-of-tor-relay-how-powerful-a-cpu-and-ram-should-i-use> > > I am prepared to pay a pile of cash for a computer that I will dedicate to > run a relay. > I have a 100 Mbit/s symmetric connection. > What should I buy? > I don't want to buy something that has a too slow CPU that is not able to > push enough traffic, but I also don't want to overkill and get a huge > electricity bill. > > Sebastian, > How much CPU does your relay have/use? > > > From: tor-relays <tor-relays-boun...@lists.torproject.org> on behalf of > Sebastian Hoffmann <sebast...@machinewithoutbrain.de> > Sent: 17 March 2017 12:39 > To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > Subject: Re: [tor-relays] What kind of hardware do I need for my relay > > Hi Farid, > I'm running my Guard / Relay on a VPS with only one core and 512MB RAM. Its > also hosting a blog, my own mailserver and is member of pool.ntp.org > I haven't encountered any problems so far. It's also connected via 100MBit/sec > You can see the stats here: > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/F381D6294A93A0078B76D0DCA332133CF5C8F687 > > <https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/F381D6294A93A0078B76D0DCA332133CF5C8F687> > I experimented a bit in the last weeks with being a bridge, but I now I'm > back as a Relay... therefore the performance charts are not as high as they > have been at the end of last year. > > > Am 2017-03-17 10:54, schrieb Farid Joubbi: >> Hello, >> >> I have been running low powered middle relays for a few years. >> Now I think it's time for a small upgrade. >> I haven't looked at computer hardware for a long time. >> What is the cheapest and most power efficient CPU/motherboard that can >> saturate 100 Mbit/s as a Tor relay? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-relays mailing list >> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org <mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org> >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >> <https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays>_______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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