Looking for tips on seeding more, what kind of hardware to use.
Looking for tips on seeding more, what kind of hardware to use.
I've been struggling to get ratios over even 1.0, most are stuck in the low 0.10 - 0.20 range. I don't seed off my gaming PC 24/7 because I don't want a VPN on all the time, plus I turn it off at night.
So mainly wondering if anyone has tips on a good setup to keep the PC seeding overnight, I'm running linux mint currently. I also have a RaspPi but I understand they are not great for torrents?
Is there any good way to compartmentalize a VPN? I.e., use the VPN for qBitTorrent only, and use my regular network adapter for other stuff (games, browsers, whatever).
I've tried a seedbox in the past and they're neat, but I'd rather avoid a subscription and just use my hardware. I'm using Private Internet Access VPN until my already paid for time is up in case that's significant.
As your already on Linux I'd recommend running qBittorrent with Docker behind gluetun.
This makes it so only qBittorrent is behind the VPN and all other traffic (e.g. browsing, gaming) goes as if there was no VPN.Definitely will look into Docker more, I've heard of it but hadn't gotten around to giving it a shot before. Gluetun is not something I've heard of though. Sounds like a good setup for what I want. Any suggestions on getting started with Docker?
Use docker compose. Not docker directly. All services have a good docker compose file somewhere online. If not, you may not use the service as a beginner (unless you want to spend a significant time writing everything which is of course good, but you do not have to)
The answer for doing this on your PC is Docker with one of the open source containers built for this. For example this.
If you want a dedicated machine, your Pi would do just fine but you'll have to connect your storage where the downloads are to it. You should still use Docker for that since it's the easiest setup and it would take care of important corner cases such as blocking seed when the VPN is down.
Condom.
i have a raspberry pi 4 and it's completely fine running 24/7 with torrents. Granted, with 3MB/s upload it's currently hitting one core at 60% but I use Dietpi which has a nice utility to reduce the CPU priority on qbittorrent if another service needs it.
Plus, you could set up a samba share, store your torrents on the shared drive, and copy them to your Main PC when you need em. Doesnt need to be sophisticated.
Split tunnels? And your vpn is owned by a sketchy company watch out.
I guess I could've made that part a DDG search :) Thank you for the reminder, it does sound like exactly what I wanted on a little more research.
Split tunnels sounds familiar and like what I want.
I plan to switch to mullvad in the future, figure for low stakes stuff I can use up the rest of PIA for now. Thanks for the heads up though
If you want to get in to private trackers at some point, Mullvad isn't an option because they don't support port forwarding. Just a PSA because Mullvad does monthly payments, so you'll be able to switch anytime.
Proton VPN and AirVPN do support port forwarding.
I used to pay for PIA while it was still a Denver owned company, until it got bought out a few years back and stopped my subscription.
Nord was the only other one I found to have commensurate features and possibly better than PIA
Power is a big factor. I've never built a specifically torrenting machine, but I've added torrenting containers to my virtualized NAS, and for that I've built a server based on an AsRock integrated board, it's passively cooled so it's silent and intrinsically power efficient. They're usually limited in RAM, but I got it up to 32GB by buying verified compatible sticks.
As for building ratio, something like autobrr helps get the torrents as soon as they are announced, improving your uploads, and on trackers where it is supported, seed bonus is nice, you can keep seeding old torrents and convert the points to upload.
I run a small PC (ProLian Gen10) with a power consumtion of 40W 24/7. What is your upload speed? Are the torrents you want to seed even wanted? If nobody needs to download them, you wont upload much. Does your VPN supports Port forwarding?
A smaller dedicated PC has been something I've been considering, maybe a used laptop even?
Not sure what upload speeds I'm getting but I do have high capacities. Also considering getting into private trackers because I'd like to be maintaining a high ratio.
Sadly my situation is incompatible with port forwarding with any VPN.
It also depends on your tracker. I swear all my open tracker seeds are 5.0 plus but many private one’s are barely .10. I think it’s a mix of popularity and port issues.