[tor-relays] decrease in traffic

nusenu nusenu-lists at riseup.net
Mon Oct 23 21:36:00 UTC 2017



Trey Nolen:
> I'm new to running a Tor relay and started one about a month ago.   I've
> got 50 Mbps dedicated to it and at first it climbed in traffic pretty
> steadily until it got to around 25-30 Mbps being used.   Since then, it
> has declined steadily and is down to about 350 KBps now (yes, I'm
> keeping the units straight).
> 
> My node is a single core VPS running 3.2GHz and with 1GB RAM. 
> Currently, top shows tor as using about 15% of the memory.  When it was
> churning out at the maximum rate it got to, the CPU was pretty
> hammered.  I was considering allocating another core, but there is no
> need anymore as it is hovering around 7% usage.  
> 
> The server is running on Ubuntu 16.04.3 and I'm running 0.3.1.7 tor.
> 
> 
> Am I doing something wrong to result in the decrease in traffic?  Any
> advice is appreciated.

It is always good to include an atlas URL or fingerprint / IP to your
relay when asking for help about a specific relay

https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/2721B60067A1EF1DE7926BAADDCAD490AB5CAE36

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