# How to maximize Relay contribution?
**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-to-maximize-relay-contribution/20841
**Category:** Relay Operator
**Created:** [November 23, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-to-maximize-relay-contribution/20841 "2025-11-23T00:44:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@RareBear](https://forum.torproject.org/u/RareBear)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-to-maximize-relay-contribution/20841/1 "2025-11-23T00:44:37Z")
I am looking for guidance on how to maximize my positive impact on the Tor network via operating a Guard/Middle Relay.
Assuming I have a fixed budget of 20-30 euro per month, how would I contribute the most effectively
- Rent a dedicated Kimsufi server at OVH (French IP) with 500 Mbps unmetered
- Rent 4 x VPS-1 at OVH (French IP) with 400 Mbps shared unmetered each
- Rent 4 VPS at Racknerd (German IP) with 40 TB metered traffic each month per VPS (6 CPU - 8 GB ram)
- Rent 4-5 x VPS at more obscure providers in Poland/Ukraine with 5 TB metered traffic each month per VPS (1 CPU - 1 GB Ram each). The providers would be selected to ensure independence from the already oversupplied hosting providers (cf. OVH/etc).
Given that I already rent the dedicated and 1 VPS-1 at OVH I have also uploaded the YABS for reference.
[https://imgur.com/a/7RZuvM5](https://imgur.com/a/7RZuvM5) –\> OVH Dedicated
[https://imgur.com/a/snSwZv3](https://imgur.com/a/snSwZv3) → OVH VPS
Feel free to give any suggestions if you consider another option to be even better.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@zwiebelrouter](https://forum.torproject.org/u/zwiebelrouter)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-to-maximize-relay-contribution/20841/2 "2025-11-23T22:45:50Z")
Thanks for running Tor relays.
As you probably know, it is currently recommended that you avoid OVH to reduce the impact of a single provider outage.
- Current number of OVH relays: [Relay Search](https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/as:AS16276)
- Recommended hosters: [Tor Project | Good Bad ISPs](https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/good-bad-isps/)
While bandwidth is important, you could have a bigger impact on the Tor network by using the more obscure providers you mentioned, provided they allow you to run Tor relays.
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### Author:  [@RareBear](https://forum.torproject.org/u/RareBear)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-to-maximize-relay-contribution/20841/3 "2025-11-24T07:38:44Z")
Thank you for your reply!
I will proceed with using different providers (Netcup / Racknerd for those interested) in order to contribute to network diversity.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.torproject.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-to-maximize-relay-contribution/20841/4 "2025-11-25T07:39:35Z")
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