# Relay or Bridge **URL:** \ **Category:** Relay Operator\ **Created:** [March 13, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/relay-or-bridge/6881 "2023-03-13T13:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/sirneo/32/1933_2.png) [@SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/u/SirNeo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/relay-or-bridge/6881/1 "2023-03-13T13:27:52Z")
I have just bought a new VPS - 1 core 1 gb RAM - unlimited bandwidth at 10Mbps port speed. (1) What do you think it’s a better usage for it. TOR Relay or obfs4 bridge? (2) If i make it now a Relay and next year i decide to transform it a Bridge will be a problem, or the oppressor regimes will ban now the IP address and as a bridge will have no use? ---
**Author:** ![ToterEngel](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ToterEngel](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ToterEngel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/relay-or-bridge/6881/2 "2023-03-13T15:37:39Z")
Given these conditions, I would only set up a bridge. A relay should have more bandwidth and power to run properly. ---
**Author:** ![SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/sirneo/32/1933_2.png) [@SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/u/SirNeo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/relay-or-bridge/6881/3 "2023-03-13T22:35:04Z")
I am at the limit with the bandwidth if y would read [Tor Project | Relay requirements](https://community.torproject.org/relay/relays-requirements/) But i have seen so many relays below 10 Mbit that can run as bridges [https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/A547D171E2E4D4B570141F4C9CEF1B2A7389EAD0](https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/A547D171E2E4D4B570141F4C9CEF1B2A7389EAD0) [https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/C33912C9A4CBEC173CDDAFC7D83049D25B1E7451](https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/C33912C9A4CBEC173CDDAFC7D83049D25B1E7451) ---
**Author:** ![ToterEngel](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ToterEngel](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ToterEngel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/relay-or-bridge/6881/4 "2023-03-14T06:10:19Z")
It may well be that there are still a few. However, also consider how many connections come to a relay and how quickly everyone would like to have the data on their end device. In my opinion, the minimum requirements should be revised. These are a few years old and no longer up to date. ---
**Author:** ![SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/sirneo/32/1933_2.png) [@SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/u/SirNeo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/relay-or-bridge/6881/5 "2023-03-19T11:47:31Z")
Any other opinions? For the moment i configured it as a bridge. I have other one configured as a relay. I will monitor the traffic for 2 months and do reconversion based on the results… ---
**Author:** ![SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/sirneo/32/1933_2.png) [@SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/u/SirNeo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/relay-or-bridge/6881/6 "2023-03-28T23:18:14Z")
![image](https://forum.torproject.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4dbce037ae3bbb77b461f5b2d31e4698dbce4282.png) Resources wasted from my point of view ---
**Author:** ![gus](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/gus/32/16_2.png) [@gus](https://forum.torproject.org/u/gus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/relay-or-bridge/6881/7 "2023-03-28T23:21:01Z")
What’s your bridge distribution method? ---
**Author:** ![SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/sirneo/32/1933_2.png) [@SirNeo](https://forum.torproject.org/u/SirNeo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/relay-or-bridge/6881/8 "2023-03-29T06:18:11Z")
For the screenshot above is “Telegram” but i have other obfs4 that it uses “Settings” and i believe i better switch it to a relay because i feel the money used for VPS will be better spent. Here is the comparison between obfs4 → Settings vs. Relay both hosted on two different VPSes some specs/provider → 1TB @ 1Gbps speed then unlimited at 10Mbps (as i said in the begining of thread) ![image](https://forum.torproject.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fb46c4629ed94b1bb97141d7a61ab48a39db2da5.png) Even my snowflake proxies carry between 30-50GB/day it feels bad when i see an obfs4 with 115 GB/14 days or even less (my previous post)