Re: [tor-relays] Throughput changes?

2014-01-14 Thread Manuel Gebauer
Hi Thomas, > However, something seems to have changed recently, since right now I'm > blasting > through about double my usual bandwidth (~25 MB/s) with the two tor jobs at > only ~60% CPU usage each while previously it was always CPU limited. Maybe your are running on a VPS and the dynamically

Re: [tor-relays] Throughput changes?

2014-01-13 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 01/13/2014 11:40 PM, I wrote: > The question is from an ab initio in Linux, servers and Tor guts and > Tor's security integrity. > I am asking from the point of view of running more than one Tor thingy > on one server at one ip address. > It has been said it is bad to run a Tails torrent and a

Re: [tor-relays] Throughput changes?

2014-01-13 Thread I
Moritz, Inarticulate I may be... but my intention is to expand Tor's contribution to people power. The question is from an ab initio in Linux, servers and Tor guts and Tor's security integrity. I am asking from the point of view of running more than one Tor thingy on one server at one ip addre

Re: [tor-relays] Throughput changes?

2014-01-13 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 01/13/2014 08:19 PM, I wrote: > How would I know that it is alright to run more than one instance of Tor? VPS providers usually don't restrict how many processes you run. Some don't like if you use too many resources, as overselling is part of their business model. But how would I know? When in

Re: [tor-relays] Throughput changes?

2014-01-13 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 01/13/2014 08:48 PM, Thomas Themel wrote: > Still, any theories on how that would reduce > my per-bandwidth CPU consumption? No clue. Magic is happening inside Tor. :) -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relay

Re: [tor-relays] Throughput changes?

2014-01-13 Thread Thomas Themel
Hi Moritz, Excerpts from Moritz Bartl's message of Mon Jan 13 19:30:05 +0100 2014: > First of all, if you don't limit your relay bandwidth and hit CPU > limits, this will have a negative impact for Tor users. So you should > always make sure that CPU (single core!) usage stays well below 100%. An >

Re: [tor-relays] Throughput changes?

2014-01-13 Thread I
Moritz, How would I know that it is alright to run more than one instance of Tor? Is it possible to prevent cpu use from causing VPS businesses threatening suspension? Robert > First of all, if you don't limit your relay bandwidth and hit CPU > limits, this will have a negative impact for Tor

Re: [tor-relays] Throughput changes?

2014-01-13 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 01/13/2014 04:37 PM, Thomas Themel wrote: > I've been running two nodes on the same machine for some time because I was > unable to get enough throughput to blow through my bandwidth budget > otherwise. > However, something seems to have changed recently, since right now I'm > blasting > thro

[tor-relays] Throughput changes?

2014-01-13 Thread Thomas Themel
Hi, I've been running two nodes on the same machine for some time because I was unable to get enough throughput to blow through my bandwidth budget otherwise. However, something seems to have changed recently, since right now I'm blasting through about double my usual bandwidth (~25 MB/s) with