[tor-relays] Seeking Advice on Running Multiple Tor Relays or A Bridge

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For what it's worth, in addition to my Tor Bridge Relay, I also run two Snowflake Proxies on my home LAN. 

Malcolm 

On 6 July 2024 19:14:23 GMT-03:00, "Gary C. New via tor-relays" <tor-relays_at_lists.torproject.org_0tpcqovw at duck.com> wrote:
>Alessandro,
>
>I would recommend running bridges (opposed to relays) on a home network to avoid browing issues with your bank, news, etc as these entities often block Tor relays and not bridges.
>Respectfully,
>
>Gary 
>
>    On Saturday, July 6, 2024, 3:07:52 PM MDT, Roger Dingledine <arma at torproject.org> wrote:  
> 
> On Sat, Jul 06, 2024 at 06:34:37PM +0000, Alessandro Greco via tor-relays wrote:
>> I have some experience running a Tor relay, and I am now interested in setting up another one. I plan to do this using my home internet connection, which is an FTTH line with bandwidth up to 2 Gbps.
>
>Thanks for running a relay!
>
>> I have read that it is possible to run multiple relays on the same node, but I am unsure how to configure this.
>
>If you're using the tor deb (e.g. on Debian or Ubuntu), it comes with
>a tool to set up multiple tors. "man tor-instance-create" to get started.
>
>There is also the possibility of using the fancy automated
>deployment tools that some of the bigger relay operators here
>use, which probably only makes sense if you are already familiar
>with these automation tools (a popular one based on ansible:
>https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor ).
>
>In either case, make sure you have enough memory in your system to
>handle each Tor relay: relays can use 1 or 2 gigabytes of memory each
>during normal operation, but when the network is under load it can go
>much higher than that.
>
>> Additionally, I am curious about what would be most beneficial for the Tor network today: a highly resilient bridge or multiple relays managed from the same node?
>
>If you have the bandwidth (which it sounds like you do), the multiple
>fast relays will be much more useful to the network.
>
>See also https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/faq#RelayOrBridge
>
>> Is it feasible to operate both at the same time? This is probably not the best idea since the bridge's IP address would be public, right?
>
>It is technically possible yes, but as you say, having a public relay
>on the IP address will undermine the effectiveness of your bridge on
>that IP address.
>
>The same logic is also why we don't recommend running two different
>kinds of bridges on a single IP address: if one of them gets discovered
>and the censor blocks by IP address, then the other will stop working too.
>
>> I am looking for guidance on the best course of action to support the Tor community.
>> Thank you in advance for your assistance,Aleff.
>
>Thanks for wanting to help!
>
>--Roger
>
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