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

submitted 5 days ago by SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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.