[tor-relays] What kind of hardware do I need for my relay

[Roman Mamedov]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 21:03:57 +0000
Farid Joubbi <joubbi at kth.se> wrote:

> Intel NUC5CPYH Celeron N3050 1,6 GHz to 2,16 burst -> 5 Mbit/s max (OpenBSD)

This sounds wrong. VIA Nano 1.6GHz, a single core laptop CPU from 2011, can
sustain about 40+40 Mbit (WITHOUT utilizing the crypto acceleration).

The Celeron N3050 has two cores and supports AES-NI, and if OpenBSD seriously
doesn't (which I doubt), then swap out OpenBSD.

With two cores you could also run 2 instances of Tor for more efficient CPU
use. I would expect both cores stay at sub-50% CPU use while the entire thing
is capping out into the full 100+100 Mbit.

That said, when did you measure the speed, and are you aware of
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay ?

Another possibility, maybe your ISP only provides "up to 100 Mbit" and is
shaping certain types, patterns or amounts of traffic use.

-- 
With respect,
Roman