Relay

Arm for Tor Relay Bandwidth Descrepancies

Arm for Tor Relay Bandwidth Descrepancies
  1. How much bandwidth does a Tor relay use?
  2. How much RAM does Tor use?
  3. What is the difference between Tor exit nodes and Tor nodes?

How much bandwidth does a Tor relay use?

It is recommended that a relay have at least 16 Mbit/s (Mbps) upload bandwidth and 16 Mbit/s (Mbps) download bandwidth available for Tor. More is better. The minimum requirements for a relay are 10 Mbit/s (Mbps). If you have less than 10 Mbit/s but at least 1 Mbit/s we recommend you run a bridge with obfs4 support.

How much RAM does Tor use?

All of this said, fast Tor relays do use a lot of ram. It is not unusual for a fast exit relay to use 500-1000 MB of memory.

What is the difference between Tor exit nodes and Tor nodes?

Tor exit nodes: A Tor exit node is the last Tor node that traffic passes through in the Tor network before exiting onto the internet. Tor guard nodes: A Tor guard node is the point of entry into the Tor network.

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