[tor-relays] always this way?

[Roman Mamedov]

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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:19:48 -0700
Gordon Morehouse <gordon at morehouse.me> wrote:

> That Guy:
> > nodes.  People running non-exit relays getting booted out by their 
> > VPS/ISP provider.  I am just curious if it is getting worse or has
> > it
> 
> 
> This is rarely due to anything other than bandwidth issues, although
> some backwards ISPs do not like *any* sort of "P2P" traffic.  I chalk
> this up to ignorance.  Give your money to a better provider if this
> happens.

With VPS providers, there is also the issue of CPU usage.
If the host machine does not have the AES-NI acceleration or does not expose
it to the VPS guest (and this is extremely common), a relay even at some 50Mbit
in + 50Mbit out will already consume 100% of a modern 2.3 GHz CPU core, 24x7.
Many or even most VPS providers will not be okay with that.

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With respect,
Roman
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