Torservers.net: Multiple Tor instances on Debian
Note to self: Don’t forget to set configuration option PidFile in torrc when you run multiple instances of Tor.
by mo · Published · Updated
Note to self: Don’t forget to set configuration option PidFile in torrc when you run multiple instances of Tor.
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Why do you want to run multiple Tor instances?
Tor does not scale properly on multicore systems and if you want to push more than what one core can handle you have to split and use multiple Tors.
See also https://www.torservers.net/wiki/setup/server#multiple_tor_processes