Thread: Simple Seedbox Question...

I am new to the torrent/tracker scene only been torrenting for about 5-6 days now (I am a total noob) .



My question is do i NEED a seedbox???

so far I've just been downloading with nothing, just find torrent download and "seeding till I bleed"

seed box isn't mandatory but helps out alot with building a ratio there are some private sites out there that just require you to seed for 48/72 hours (ratio Free Trackers etc) and there are other sites that you wont survive on with out a seedbox or having to donate etc when it comes to it do i need a seedbox Answer is no Does it help Answer is Yes comes down to personal choice if you can maintain a ratio with your net line you will be fine

thanks a lot

right now I don't belong to many trackers but I've been keeping a good ration in the once I do belong to. What I've been doing (since I just going HD-Space) My ratio dropped, I just paused the latest torrent I was downloading and Seeding what I already Downloaded...

what is a seed box exactly i didnt find alot of info about it and is it easy to set up ?
if theres a thread u know about on TI and i missed it and u know of plz link it
thanks

I really don't understand what a seedbox is either, all I understand it helps with ratio when you have low download/upload speeds, and that they are connected to 100/MBs lines other then that I have no clue I've read most tutorials around on seedbox's but still not comprehending what they do or are or what lol

Well, in a few words: Think of a seedbox as a server or "computer" with high speed connections. You download the .torrent file and upload it to your seedbox. The data transfer will be between your seedbox and a tracker. Thus you can download and upload a lot of files in a short period of time and it's a valuable resource specially if you don't have a good ISP (like me).

For example, I use a seedbox from SeedMonster. I go to a tracker, download the .torrent file to my PC. Then, I login to my seedbox and I see a web interface like uTorrent and then I upload the .torrent file to my seedbox and the download/upload begins. I usually upload ~120 GB a day :) and I get download speeds of ~4 Mb/s and Uploads of ~2 Mb/s so do the math. 2 Mb/s are 120 Mb in a minute, or 7.2 GB in 1 hour.

Most of the seedboxes are ready to use out of the box, you don't need to install anything, you can use it from the moment you have access. You can purchase a dedicated seedbox (it means you'll be the only person in that machine), it's more expensive and requires more skills.

Resuming...

You're renting a "remote PC" with uTorrent (or other client) installed, that have a high speed connection (normally..) , running up 24h/7days a week.

You can access this, for retrieving your files by FTP

See more here:
Seedbox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia