Seedbox Non owner and Owner FAQ

[Furonem]

Interesting information. Thanks for the writeup.

[buggyfresh]

Nice man thanks - maybe one day with a guide like this I'll try a box (and of course when I find the money!)

[predateur]

thx very much, it help alot

[renwickftw]

How much ram would a Linux seedbox and a Windows one would need to run uTorrent?

[Aliyans]

hi
very well done..good one this was the tutorial i have been looking 4 ..now i can buy a seedbox....thanx a million

[fatcat69]

How much ram would a Linux seedbox and a Windows one would need to run uTorrent?

I have had a linux box running 256ram fine.

But I recommend 512mb for linux

1gb for windows.

[sam45]

Thanks for this excellent tutorial.

I've got a couple questions for you if you don't mind...

I've been comparing both Hosting-IE & OVH.co.uk

Seems to me that Hosting IE has expensive set up fees, while
OVH.co.uk has no set up fees.

I'm comparing these 2 servers:

1. Dedic Raptor Pro Lin 577 ( Hosting-IE )

2. START 100M LARGE ++ ( OVH.co.uk )

OVH has a lower monthly price, and you get a much BIGGER hard drive,
and 2 GB Ram.

I've been hearing rumors that OVH caps your upload speeds, care to shed
some light on these rumors?

I'm really leaning towards OVH, but I don't want my up speeds to be capped,
if the up speeds are capped, than they don't truly provide unlimited bandwidth.

Also, is there a 100 MB/s server that you may recommend? ( Budget 75 Euros per month )

I almost went with Vectoral until I read your review about ancient hardware.

Though I heard they have amazing speeds, but they only give you 3000 GB
bandwidth per month.

Are both OVH & Hosting IE truly unlimited bandwidth?

Thanks in advance,

Sam

[fatcat69]

Thanks for this excellent tutorial.

I've got a couple questions for you if you don't mind...

I've been comparing both Hosting-IE & OVH.co.uk

Seems to me that Hosting IE has expensive set up fees, while
OVH.co.uk has no set up fees.

I'm comparing these 2 servers:

1. Dedic Raptor Pro Lin 577 ( Hosting-IE )

2. START 100M LARGE ++ ( OVH.co.uk )

OVH has a lower monthly price, and you get a much BIGGER hard drive,
and 2 GB Ram.

I've been hearing rumors that OVH caps your upload speeds, care to shed
some light on these rumors?

I'm really leaning towards OVH, but I don't want my up speeds to be capped,
if the up speeds are capped, than they don't truly provide unlimited bandwidth.

Also, is there a 100 MB/s server that you may recommend? ( Budget 75 Euros per month )

I almost went with Vectoral until I read your review about ancient hardware.

Though I heard they have amazing speeds, but they only give you 3000 GB
bandwidth per month.

Are both OVH & Hosting IE truly unlimited bandwidth?

Thanks in advance,

Sam

K first...vectoral sucks, anyone saying otherwise can go jump off a cliff bc they havent tried a real server.

OvH doesnt limit your bandwidth...people just say that because they cant get their settings set up right. Neither does Hosting-ie.

OvH is a .fr based hosting company....which leads to still the poor peer connection rate...I mean its kick ass for places like BCG or higher user sites....but for your seedbox sites, youll get better peer connections with other companies.

Hosting-ie is expensive, but is also better peer connection rate from what I have seen.


If you can buy OvH, then Id say go for it. I have no complaints from my box, as it truly is an upgrade from my vectoral.

I went from a vectoral zephyr to a OvH bottom of the line (kimisufi server, only 256 ram and a 160gb hard drive) and I am maxing out at 11/11 all the time.

For your price range...id recommend the OvH:
http://www.ovh.co.uk/products/superplan2008plus.xml

Get windows 03 web and you wont be disappointed at all.

Thats what I was going to buy until I got this freebie from OvH.

[sam45]

Thanks for these other recommendations.

I will have to talk to some of my friends from the UK to see if they
can get this rolling for me.

Webhosting IE looks alright, except for their high set up fees,
and I will consider the VPS you recommended as well.

So many options to choose from!

That OVH server looks powerful for sure, and I bet it will handle a high
torrent load well. I'm sharing a box with a friend now, but it doesn't
handle a high load very well.

Sam

[Quarter]

Found it very useful!
So if I downloaded a file from a tracker to my computer and I want to seed it on my box I have to download it to the box's hard disk too right?
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I have another question, can you recommend me which seed box is the best for me?
I don't download a lot, biggest number I reached is 40 GB per month, so I don't think that 4TB traffic as you recomended is good for me. I'm looking for a cheap and good seedbox.