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Looking for tips on seeding more, what kind of hardware to use. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

incompatible with port forwarding with any VPN

I'm not sure if there is a misunderstanding here, but port forwarding through a VPN is generally agnostic of most network setups. It's a tunnel, doesn't require your network to have port forwarding setup or even for it to be capable of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Just meant that being on student housing I am unable to access a router / configure any port forwarding (to my knowledge). PIA's VPN does support port forwarding though.

edit - Sorry, I misread part of your comment. Didn't realize forwarding could be used without router access.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yup, with PIA the port is random but yes, there should be scripts out there to leverage PIAs forwarding with your torrent software. And yeah, if you were to port forward through your router that could lead to accidentally exposing your actual IP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Cool I will look into it, I always thought I was stuck not port forwarding due to the campus situation, and therefore stuck with bad upload speeds. In fact that was a reason I was going to use Mullvad in the future despite them not having port forwarding, but I'll have to consider some other suggestions if I can get the port forwards working.