Seedboxing on a desktop computer

[fohfoh]

There's a reason I think my laptop is dying...

Only about 20 or so now are bkbt stuff. I moved the rest off. Most of the other stuff is from elsewhere.

Back on topic though, I don't understand how OP's computer can overheat that much with so few torrents. Even mine when I can get some good speeds going rarely overheats like that and I run a laptop. Also, I easily see a difference of resource usage when trying to seed or dl more or less files. (+ speed boosts which I assume are due to free up resources on my laptop)

[dogsinafen]

I don't understand what all this seedbox stuff is about... I just download stuff and seed it normally... o_o"

When you're part of a massive private torrent site a seedbox is a must if you are going to download a lot. Since a lot of the users have a seedbox it makes it hard for users that have a slower upload to seed a torrent to a proper ratio. With that said, I download a lot more then what my upload connection would permit me to upload... So, to keep a good ratio a seedbox is needed.
And another reason to have a seedbox is to protect your identity from spying eyes. All my ISP sees from my connection is SSL FTP connections. So, they have no sweet idea what's being transferred.

[fohfoh]

Should not encryption aid in that retrospect?

[kilsan97]

I don't understand what all this seedbox stuff is about... I just download stuff and seed it normally... o_o"

When you're part of a massive private torrent site a seedbox is a must if you are going to download a lot. Since a lot of the users have a seedbox it makes it hard for users that have a slower upload to seed a torrent to a proper ratio. With that said, I download a lot more then what my upload connection would permit me to upload... So, to keep a good ratio a seedbox is needed.
And another reason to have a seedbox is to protect your identity from spying eyes. All my ISP sees from my connection is SSL FTP connections. So, they have no sweet idea what's being transferred.

In some country that has fast Up/Dwn speed, they can't filter it :-) because too lot of data are transfered in so less time. However, there are option 'encrypted torrent protocol' in torrent application. It would hide that you are using torrent.

[Micharus]

I don't understand what all this seedbox stuff is about... I just download stuff and seed it normally... o_o"

I'm with Tiffanys on this, if I download something, I seed it right back, as much as my connection can handle.

Even with the minor problems I've had recently computer wise (I've had to tell bittorrent where the files are TWICE now, in just under a week. ), I'm still managing to seed *almost* everything I've ever downloaded from Baka.

[dogsinafen]

I don't understand what all this seedbox stuff is about... I just download stuff and seed it normally... o_o"

When you're part of a massive private torrent site a seedbox is a must if you are going to download a lot. Since a lot of the users have a seedbox it makes it hard for users that have a slower upload to seed a torrent to a proper ratio. With that said, I download a lot more then what my upload connection would permit me to upload... So, to keep a good ratio a seedbox is needed.
And another reason to have a seedbox is to protect your identity from spying eyes. All my ISP sees from my connection is SSL FTP connections. So, they have no sweet idea what's being transferred.

In some country that has fast Up/Dwn speed, they can't filter it :-) because too lot of data are transfered in so less time. However, there are option 'encrypted torrent protocol' in torrent application. It would hide that you are using torrent.

That option is useless now. ISP are able to decipher that encryption and determine that you are running bittorrent. Also, the 30min updates are a BIG giveaway that you are running a client.

I don't understand what all this seedbox stuff is about... I just download stuff and seed it normally... o_o"

I'm with Tiffanys on this, if I download something, I seed it right back, as much as my connection can handle.

Even with the minor problems I've had recently computer wise (I've had to tell bittorrent where the files are TWICE now, in just under a week. ), I'm still managing to seed *almost* everything I've ever downloaded from Baka.

And when you download around a couple of gigs a day this task becomes impossible without a 100/100 connection.
For example, this is my stats for private tracker:  Uploaded: 21.26 TB  Downloaded: 12.21 TB   There is no way I could of uploaded that much on any connection ISP offer here. Only way would be to purchase a business connection of 100/100 and that cost around 900$ a month.

[AceD]

I don't understand what all this seedbox stuff is about... I just download stuff and seed it normally... o_o"

To help out? what keeps torrents healthy at fast speeds? its mainly people who use a seedbox/server and the few who are lucky enough to have access to 100/100 connections at low prices.

The money aint an issue to me though, i just think about it as...ive downloaded 4.3TB on my bbt account (i did guest account a little in the past), how much would all of the series/ova's/movies cost to buy on DVD/Bluray?...a damn lot more then paying for a server just to help with the seeding.

[kilsan97]

And when you download around a couple of gigs a day this task becomes impossible without a 100/100 connection.
For example, this is my stats for private tracker:  Uploaded: 21.26 TB  Downloaded: 12.21 TB   There is no way I could of uploaded that much on any connection ISP offer here. Only way would be to purchase a business connection of 100/100 and that cost around 900$ a month.

Wha... 100/100 is that expensive? I use 50/50 on ~18000 won(~$20). 100/100 is ~26000 won(~$30). 1024/1024 is ~30000(on some places). What country do you live?

[fohfoh]

And when you download around a couple of gigs a day this task becomes impossible without a 100/100 connection.
For example, this is my stats for private tracker:  Uploaded: 21.26 TB  Downloaded: 12.21 TB   There is no way I could of uploaded that much on any connection ISP offer here. Only way would be to purchase a business connection of 100/100 and that cost around 900$ a month.

Wha... 100/100 is that expensive? I use 50/50 on ~18000 won(~$20). 100/100 is ~26000 won(~$30). 1024/1024 is ~30000(on some places). What country do you live?

We dont' have fibre optics yet in Canada either. A 25/2 connection here costs 96 Canadian dollars or like 95 USD.

[dogsinafen]

And when you download around a couple of gigs a day this task becomes impossible without a 100/100 connection.
For example, this is my stats for private tracker:  Uploaded: 21.26 TB  Downloaded: 12.21 TB   There is no way I could of uploaded that much on any connection ISP offer here. Only way would be to purchase a business connection of 100/100 and that cost around 900$ a month.

Wha... 100/100 is that expensive? I use 50/50 on ~18000 won(~$20). 100/100 is ~26000 won(~$30). 1024/1024 is ~30000(on some places). What country do you live?

We dont' have fibre optics yet in Canada either. A 25/2 connection here costs 96 Canadian dollars or like 95 USD.

Canada has a EPIC backbone network that can do well over TB/s. Most of NB (where I live) network is fibre optic, and we can now have a fibre connections to homes. Not that I could not get that before but would of been expensive...  The prices are not all that bad (still high compared to European standards) and the speeds are not all that bad. But to get the speeds I want (100/100 or 1Gbps) but that would require a business deal with the ISP that offers fibre here.
Canada is not the best place to be for good cheap speeds. Sad, since most if not all of this network has been payed by the tax payers.

[JoonasTo]

I just seed when I can and that's not really often. We got 512/512kbps connection that we share in our house with three computers. So there are no miracle speeds and a sure way to get the net bogged down is opening torrent. Even just playing UT2004 on two PC in the net at the same time kills the connection totally for the third. And just for the record, our connection costs 28€/month. That would be 40 dollars or so. Yay for Finland!

[fohfoh]

And when you download around a couple of gigs a day this task becomes impossible without a 100/100 connection.
For example, this is my stats for private tracker:  Uploaded: 21.26 TB  Downloaded: 12.21 TB   There is no way I could of uploaded that much on any connection ISP offer here. Only way would be to purchase a business connection of 100/100 and that cost around 900$ a month.

Wha... 100/100 is that expensive? I use 50/50 on ~18000 won(~$20). 100/100 is ~26000 won(~$30). 1024/1024 is ~30000(on some places). What country do you live?

We dont' have fibre optics yet in Canada either. A 25/2 connection here costs 96 Canadian dollars or like 95 USD.

Canada has a EPIC backbone network that can do well over TB/s. Most of NB (where I live) network is fibre optic, and we can now have a fibre connections to homes. Not that I could not get that before but would of been expensive...  The prices are not all that bad (still high compared to European standards) and the speeds are not all that bad. But to get the speeds I want (100/100 or 1Gbps) but that would require a business deal with the ISP that offers fibre here.
Canada is not the best place to be for good cheap speeds. Sad, since most if not all of this network has been payed by the tax payers.

Sorry, that's what I meant. Cheap fibre optics options available. They're currently laying the cable in Alberta. (Unless they already completed that.) I assume the Fibre optic "deals" will begin to fly here within a year or two.

[Xiong Chiamiov]

Seems like I'm not the only one using the old PC for torrenting... The new desktop is reserved for watching/gaming.

Old desktop "seedbox":
Pentium 4 631, 1GB, 8400GS 256MB, 250GB+2x500GB, 100/10 cable

(click to show/hide)

Note: No incoming connections...

I don't think it counts as an "old computer" if you can run Photoshop on it.

P.S. That's the same graphics card as I have in my "powerful" desktop.

[hilander72]

Seems like I'm not the only one using the old PC for torrenting... The new desktop is reserved for watching/gaming.

Old desktop "seedbox":
Pentium 4 631, 1GB, 8400GS 256MB, 250GB+2x500GB, 100/10 cable

(click to show/hide)

Note: No incoming connections...

I don't think it counts as an "old computer" if you can run Photoshop on it.

P.S. That's the same graphics card as I have in my "powerful" desktop.

It's an old version of PS, CS2, which is not that heavy on resources on a 2006 PC.

PS. Had to replace the GPU last year, cause the original decided to quit ahead of it's time.