Re: [tor-relays] a couple noob questions

2024-08-21 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Hey, this should help you out: https://blog.torproject.org/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay/ Sincerely, George On Monday, August 19th, 2024 at 8:01 PM, observatory123 via tor-relays wrote: > Dear fellow relay operators, > > I've been hosting a tor relay on a VPS (strato) for a couple days now. I'v

Re: [tor-relays] a couple noob questions

2024-08-20 Thread Tzanca via tor-relays
Hello, Yes it's very normal. After 2 weeks you will see the speed increasing. You can read here about the lifecycle of a new relay https://blog.torproject.org/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay/ Kind regards, Tzanca On Monday, August 19th, 2024 at 9:01 PM, observatory123 via tor-relays wrote: > Dear

Re: [tor-relays] a couple noob questions

2024-08-20 Thread mail--- via tor-relays
Hi, To give some answers: Yes this is completely normal! It can take 2-3 months for a new guard relay to finally be 'ramped up'. Here you can read more about it: https://blog.torproject.org/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay/. Exit relays ramp up much faster in terms of bandwidth, but come with their own

[tor-relays] a couple noob questions

2024-08-19 Thread observatory123 via tor-relays
Dear fellow relay operators, I've been hosting a tor relay on a VPS (strato) for a couple days now. I've never done this before, so I have a couple of questions: - Is it normal for my relay to only use up only about 2 MB/s after nearly 5 days of uptime despite bandwidth speed tests done with sp