is this box being raped ?

[bigwicker]

Just signed up for another seedbox, have 3 on trial at present. this one is taking numerous attempts to login and when i do it's so slow to add a torrent it is taking over 5 minutes . I have never had a ftorrentflux before

http://i47.tinypic.com/erdfzk.jpg

[TLwhore]

A server load of 47 if i'm reading that right (its a bit small) is very high.. is that all the time or not??

[bigwicker]

i am adding a pic i took 30 seconds ago it;s mnore the speeds i am concerned about but i guess server load is important too

http://i50.tinypic.com/6jog2r.jpg

[unoriginal]

14 is still a pretty high load. How many other people are you sharing the server with? I'm guessing its not a dedi.

[bigwicker]

unoriginal i am not sure is there a way to find out ?

[TLwhore]

If its a 100mb server shared then the speeds are about right tbh.. it shows the overall speed is arond 10mbB/s
I doubt you can find out how many people are on there. you could try to ssh into the box, but it prolly wont let you.. You could also try moving out of your home directory in FTP and see if you can see other directorys

[PerMaFrOsT]

unoriginal i am not sure is there a way to find out ?
If you have not uploaded a torrent through the browser and the server is loaded of course it is shared among more users than you.

[bigwicker]

unoriginal i am not sure is there a way to find out ?
If you have not uploaded a torrent through the browser and the server is loaded of course it is shared among more users than you.

i know it's not a dedi i was asking if there was a way to find out how many were using the box. when i try to upload a torrent file to start downloaing it takes at least a minute to actually upload refresh and start a minute is if i am lucky earlier over 3 mins a time

[PerMaFrOsT]

If you have not uploaded a torrent through the browser and the server is loaded of course it is shared among more users than you.

i know it's not a dedi i was asking if there was a way to find out how many were using the box. when i try to upload a torrent file to start downloaing it takes at least a minute to actually upload refresh and start a minute is if i am lucky earlier over 3 mins a time

Which type of access do you have to the box?? Only TFlux GUI & FTP?? Sometimes with VNC you could investigate how many users are in the box, but if you´re in a trial maybe you dont have this type of access.

[phauk]

If you have ssh/vnc access, use:

cat /etc/passwd (see how many users are added)

or type -> lastlog (you can see all the users who were last to login, assuming they/you have ssh/vnc axx)

14% is very high, torrentflux-b4rt is known for being a resource hog, but with that said, that server seems oversold - it probably is a dedi, but shared with 8+ people to have loads like that.

I suggest you find someone else mate - and before you buy, find out how many people actually share the server with you.

Hope this helps!

[bigwicker]

thanks for all your replies, much appreciated, i don't expect a whole box to myself, but am seriously thinking of going down that route just to see the difference :)

[xuxoxux]

thanks for all your replies, much appreciated, i don't expect a whole box to myself, but am seriously thinking of going down that route just to see the difference :)

It will hit you in the face faster than you can see it. lol.
Really is worth just getting a dedi once to see how they compare.

[Cabalo]

Tflux on a oversold box... Christ.

[TLwhore]

TBH if u get a shared server from a good seller (one that only puts 3/4 users per box) I dont think you will see all that much difference from a dediserver. With just 4 users on a box the chance that all the bandwidth is being taken up is much more remote than if there is 10 on the box. On my shared servers I nearly always see full download speed when I hit a torrent. Upload is quite often full speed but more average is around 5mB/s - 8mB/s
A good thing about going with a shared server is that its all setup for you and if anything goes wrong there is someone there with the knowledge to get it sorted.

[bigwicker]

recieved the following message today :

From: admin [Reply] [Delete]
Date: 2010/03/02 - 06:27:55
Message:

Please DO NOT run more than 10 active torrents, since most of the users
on this server are hammering the server bandwidth and resources.

Thank you.

i think it says it all lol

[PerMaFrOsT]

The best advice I can give you is stay away from this company.