Thread: What is a seedbox?

That was the first think that came to my mind when I saw this section. So I did a little R&D on my end and I am sharing ti for all the n00bs like me to grab this info. Hope it helps. :P :P

A seedbox is a private dedicated server used for the uploading and downloading of digital files. Seedboxes generally make use of the BitTorrent protocol for uploading and downloading, although they have also been used on the eDonkey2000 network. Seedboxes are usually connected to a high speed network, often with a throughput of 100 Mbit/s or more. Some providers are testing and offering 10GBit shared servers, while others are developing other systems that will allow users to scale their needs on the fly. Files are downloaded from the torrent site and its users, and from there they can be downloaded at high speeds to a user's personal computer via the HTTP, FTP, SFTP, or rsync protocols. This allows for anonymity as well as usually not worrying about ratio.



Seedboxes can run on most major operating systems (Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X). More expensive seedboxes may provide VNC connection, or remote desktop protocol on some Windows-based seedboxes, allowing many popular clients to be run remotely. Other seedboxes are special purpose and run a variety of torrent specific software including web interfaces of popular clients like Transmission, rTorrent and μTorrent, as well as the TorrentFlux web interface clients.

Seedboxes on high speed networks are typically able to download large files within minutes, provided that the swarm can actually handle such a high upload bandwidth. Seedboxes generally have download and upload speeds of 100 megabits per second. This means that a 1 GB file can finish downloading in under 2 minutes. That same 1 gigabyte file can be uploaded to other users in the same amount of time, creating a 1:1 upload:download ratio for that individual file. The ability of a seedbox to transfer files so quickly is a big attraction seedboxes hold within the P2P and BitTorrent communities.

Because of the mentioned high speeds, seedboxes tend to be popular inside private torrent trackers, where maintaining an upload/download ratio above 1 can be very important.
Seedboxes are also used to circumvent speed throttling by ISPs or evade national laws such as the HADOPI law in France.

Source: Wikipedia

Also read: http://www.torrent-invites.com/seedb...tml#post643136

Some seedbox available: SOurce: T-I :D :D
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http://www.torrent-invites.com/seedb...ing-15-mo.html

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http://www.torrent-invites.com/seedb...providers.html

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thanks for the info this help me out alot, saved me time also on posting a dumb " hey ima noob thread"

Nice article. You have done a great research. +Rep added ! :001_smile:

Many thanks for the post, however I am looking for a seedbox and what the terms mean ie. 100mbs throuput. in your research did you find a site that explained in simple terms what descriptions of seedboxes meant? I am one of these people who buy software in boxes expecting it to do what it says on the box, with seedboxes they all rate theirselves differently so I need extra info.

Originally Posted by babble

Many thanks for the post, however I am looking for a seedbox and what the terms mean ie. 100mbs throuput. in your research did you find a site that explained in simple terms what descriptions of seedboxes meant? I am one of these people who buy software in boxes expecting it to do what it says on the box, with seedboxes they all rate theirselves differently so I need extra info.

What sort of info are you looking for?

As much I know about them there are basically 4 things to keep in mind with seedboxes.
1. How much storage they are providing
2. What are the download and upload speed
3. Price & time
4. Shared or dedicated

Seedbox is basically a server or in layman terms a computer which is working for you but not physically yours or present in front of you. This computer have a big time storage where you can directly download your torrent files which apparently a very high speed and then download them on your home computer without worrying about seeding from home computer. It will be leeched and seeded by the provider from seedbox with the speed you buy. The size limit is going to be the amount of size you buy on the server.

That explained the only thing left is if its shared or dedicated. A dedicated server means you are the only user they are helping seeding/leeching for that particular computer and speed. Shared seedbox will vary with speed at times as there are going to be other users sharing that speed form server. You can ask the staff of seedboxes to give you these details and you can also read their faqs.

Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by ac8409

What sort of info are you looking for?

As much I know about them there are basically 4 things to keep in mind with seedboxes.
1. How much storage they are providing
2. What are the download and upload speed
3. Price & time
4. Shared or dedicated

Seedbox is basically a server or in layman terms a computer which is working for you but not physically yours or present in front of you. This computer have a big time storage where you can directly download your torrent files which apparently a very high speed and then download them on your home computer without worrying about seeding from home computer. It will be leeched and seeded by the provider from seedbox with the speed you buy. The size limit is going to be the amount of size you buy on the server.

That explained the only thing left is if its shared or dedicated. A dedicated server means you are the only user they are helping seeding/leeching for that particular computer and speed. Shared seedbox will vary with speed at times as there are going to be other users sharing that speed form server. You can ask the staff of seedboxes to give you these details and you can also read their faqs.

Hope that helps.

Exactly the type of information I was looking for, so what do they mean when they say dedicated and minimum connection speed is what you get when others are pushing the server to the limit. Surely that flies in the face of what you have told me, and is why I am totally confused over the whole issue.

Thanks for the information. I helped a bunch.

Romanian TI users, do we have something like this in Romania? If we do, what is it called? This is the first time I've heard the term "seedbox".

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Nice info for noobs like us.