[tor-relays] decrease in traffic

[Trey Nolen]

On 10/23/2017 04:36 PM, nusenu wrote:
>
> 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
>
>

Thanks for the advice.  For this particular one, the fingerprint is 2721
B600 67A1 EF1D E792 6BAA DDCA D490 AB5C AE36


Trey Nolen