Thread: Advice for rtorrent.rc config

I am on a 1Gb seedbox with access to this file. I want to config this file to get optimal results



Thanks in advance!

What are the specs on your box?

For an example here is mine which works great on a dedicated Kimsufi 2G (2GB RAM, 100Mbs). The directories may be different on your setup and replace 'username' with your unix user name that you are running rtorrent under

Code:

# BitTorrent
max_downloads_global = 0
max_uploads_global = 0
min_peers = 50 
max_peers = 300 
min_peers_seed = -1 
max_peers_seed = -1


max_uploads = 150


download_rate = 0
upload_rate = 0


# Directories
directory = /home/'username'/rtorrent/downloads


session = /home/'username'/rtorrent/.session


schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=/home/'username'/rtorrent/torrents/*.torrent






# Network
port_range = 50000-52999 
network.scgi.open_port = localhost:5000
network.http.ssl_verify_peer.set=0
port_random = yes
use_udp_trackers = yes 
encryption = allow_incoming,enable_retry,prefer_plaintext
network.max_open_files.set = 1024 
network.max_open_sockets.set = 1536 
network.http.max_open.set = 48 
network.send_buffer.size.set = 4M 
network.receive_buffer.size.set = 4M
dht = disable
peer_exchange = no




# Hash
check_hash = no
hash_read_ahead = 30
hash_interval = 5
hash_max_tries = 5
pieces.preload.type.set = 1
max_memory_usage = 3500M

If you are using ruTorrent you may want to add the following line to your file. Replace 'username' with the username you use to log into rutorrent

Code:

execute = {sh,-c,/usr/bin/php /var/www/rutorrent/php/initplugins.php 'username' &}

This initiates all your ruTorrent plugins, when rtorrrent is started. Without this you need to load ruTorrent web interface to initialise them, so if you have any plugins that work in the background, like RSS, or autodl this will fire them up automatically when ever rtorrent is started or restarted.

Obviously check the directories to find the php and rutorrent directories on your setup, just type 'which php' in the shell and it will return the php directory.


I welcome any comments on how I might improve my config.

thanks for sharing your config

I dont know how much RAM it has but it has an SSD. so far it performs like it is on crack so I need an aggressive config

btw, what does 0 define as your 'max_downloads_global' setting. I am inclined to guess unlimited but I see there is also the value of -1

max_downloads_global at 0 is unlimited.

the -1 on min/max_peers_seed sets it to the same value as min/max_peers

ahh, thanks for explanation

do you think it would benefit me to increase any value since I am on a 1Gb connection?

nm, it isnt going to matter any longer. my new seedbox sets a global config to the rtorrent.rc file for everyone

max_memory_usage = 3500M can be more lage