Matt, if you only have 1 host, it may be more beneficial to create 2 relays on it (or more than 2 - if you have more than 1 IPv4 address available) using tor-instance-create. You could be hitting the limits of what a single CPU core can do.
On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 4:07 PM Keifer Bly <keifer....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Matt, I recently started a new middle relay (torworld) as well, and > also run a PT bridge on a separate network. This is just my knowledge, but > tor relays are not always used to their maximum capacity, so your relay will > receive more traffic some days and less on other days. Different tor relays > are chosen for each user each time they connect, so varying amounts of > traffic are to be expected. As long as your relay is correctly configured, > you should not have much to worry about. > > --Keifer > > > On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 4:48 PM Matt Westfall <mwestf...@ecansol.com> wrote: >> >> My tor node: >> https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/B1B10104EB72A1FBBF6687B05F1915D87D00DBDE >> >> Doesn't ever go up above 8800 or so. >> >> One thing I notice in Nyx is that my connections never go above about 2000 >> in and out connections. >> >> I have advertised bandwidth of just shy of a gigabit in my config. I >> understand now that the "advertised bandwidth" is calculated based on >> observed traffic through the node, which while more reliable and avoids >> abuse, seems to be counter productive to a degree. >> >> Ultimately what do I need to do to get more traffic through my node? Cause I >> have a 2Gbps fiber sitting here basically doing nothing so I was giving >> 1Gbps to tor :) >> >> Config -------------- >> RunAsDaemon 1 >> ControlPort 9051 >> ORPort 9001 >> ORPORT [2001:559:c290::fffb]:9001 >> RelayBandwidthRate 45 MB # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps) >> RelayBandwidthBurst 50 MB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps) >> DirPort 9030 # >> ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed >> ExitPolicy reject6 *:* >> >> Any suggestions appreciated. >> >> >> Matt Westfall >> President & CIO >> ECAN Solutions, Inc. >> Everything Computers and Networks >> 804.592.1672 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-relays mailing list >> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
