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What seed ratio is best? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Should one use 2.0 or infinite?

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Generally 2.0 is considered the respectful default option, if you're just using public trackers with no ratio requirements.

Personally, I look at the torrent's overall health.

If it's a super active torrent with hundreds of seeders I'll set it to 1.5 or even 1.0 and auto remove when done to save resources on my homelab server. Sometimes with high seeder counts it can take ages to even hit 1.0. They all get automatically moved to a completed folder when done so I can pick through them and categorize them.

If its a less active torrent I'll choose 2.0 or 3.0.

If it's a super rare torrent with less than three seeders, which there's sure a lot of, I'll set it to infinite to keep it alive. I've gotten some smaller torrents up to a 30+ share ratio.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I have a similar ruleset regarding ratio but mentally I think about time spent seeding. Active torrents I can reach well over my minimum 2.0 ratio by leaving it seeding overnight. Meanwhile, I had a torrent one time for open source software that was very active but had a very large proportion of leechers to seeders. I left it seeding for several months uploading several terabytes in the process. My seed ratio was in the several hundreds but I was happy to take keep the CDN costs off the site.

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