For those wishing to run I2P+ on a VPS, here is the last month of BW usage between two different I2P+ routers. This may give you an idea of what you should look for when determining bandwidth usage needs.
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bolaris wrote
Wouldn't it be better to use i2pd on a vps?
Rambler OP wrote
Would depend on your settings, really. I do 100% BW share and have optimized the settings (mainly just router.config, but wrapper.config as well for increase memory usage to serve more traffic).
Since I have a data cap at home with slow rural wireless, I'd have to do very limited sharing to make sure I don't hit any limits.
asF wrote (edited )
data cap
Dead shot. I'll consider home-built quantum networks.
z3d wrote (edited )
Just a small clarification: I2P+ doesn't require more bandwidth than stock I2P, though if you allocate I2P+ bandwidth, it will make more efficient use of it. That's particularly apparent on high bandwidth, high performance routers where I2P+ will quite happily push 8MB/s in both directions while hosting 14K participating tunnels.
Rambler OP wrote
Obviously, resource use will vary depending on how you have your router configured. Stock I2P won't require near as much bandwidth as an optimized / tweaked I2P+ configuration will.
If you're setting up a remote router, such as one on a VPS, make sure your provider is cool with it first. If they allow Tor relays, chances are they'll be more than fine with I2P, just send them a message.
Both routers above are just VPSes with 1GB of RAM and fair-share to 1 CPU core each and they operate fine. Could push more traffic with more resources (RAM/CPU) but I'm content with things as they are now.