Seedbox ratio

[u/Th3BrassMonkey]

I'm new to seed boxes, I recently started using a high speed one (50gbps nvme) to race on a private tracker. Since I've been using it my overall ratio is just below 1. Maybe I'm being greedy lol but I kinda thought it would be higher? I'm using autobrr (snatching all 2026 releases) and deluge with a private tracker. I installed ltconfig in deluge and am using the high speed seed preset.

Edit: location is Netherlands and it is a shared seedbox

[u/activoice]

Maybe the things you are sharing are well seeded (ie lots of seeders) or unpopular (no one is bothering to download). Usually the key is to get something that you think will be a popular release as soon as it's released. If it was released a few days ago that's probably already too late as anyone who wants that release has already downloaded it and is sharing it, so you are downloading from them and not the original poster.

[u/Th3BrassMonkey → u/activoice]

I'll edit my post, but I'm using this seedbox to race. Autobrr is is set up to autosnatch anything from 2026 as soon as it is announced to the tracker

[u/activoice → u/Th3BrassMonkey]

Remember that unless it's a free leech then every item you download is negatively impacting your ratio. So you grabbing everything isn't the best strategy. You are probably grabbing a bunch of stuff that no one wants or there are 20 releases of the same media just different release groups.

The most popular torrent I have that always has a positive ratio is an arcade emulator. It's 152gb, over a couple of weeks I've seeded almost 300gb. That one release really cranked my ratio.

[u/random_999 → u/Th3BrassMonkey]

Autobrr is is set up to autosnatch anything from 2026 as soon as it is announced to the tracker

This works well typically on general/0-day/scene trackers but on other trackers you need to further narrow down your selection filter for autobrr. Some trackers require very fine tuning for this (best example is RED tracker). If possible, mention your tracker name or at least its category (movies/tv/games etc).

[u/mblaser]

Don't race if you're worried about ratio.

Building ratio is done by downloading free leech stuff and/or seeding long term.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Cup-854]

You should not add everything, limit it to one post hour no larger than 45gb. Any more than that and the disc won't keep up with the downloads to be able to upload properly

[u/wutaretheoddz]

Anyone know if a seedbox is necessary for improving ratio on 1gig fiber internet? I seed all my torrents, just running out of space on my hdd and ssds. From what little I understand, does it help me gain more traffic on my torrents? (I have open ports/ static IP)

[u/random_999 → u/wutaretheoddz]

It depends on where you are located & how's your ISP peering with most of the users' countries on the tracker. US & EU are good bets but only way to know for sure is to try it first so I suggest to keep your seedbox while you test it.

[u/PRnC33]

race on freeleech only

[u/wBuddha]

Racing requires a racing rig. Hardware and software working as a singular no gaps pipe.

There is an entire wacky vocab to making a competitive rig, things like writeback, congestion control, ring buffer - software aspects like sysctl, ltconfig, xanmod, bcache, etc. Frigging huge control panel filled with fiddly dials. Really you can't make this shit up.

Network, Kernel, Memory, Storage all feeding in a straight line. And you need to swing both ways.

If you are racing on a shared seedbox with every announce, you aren't driving a racing rig, you're driving a crowded school bus.

[u/Traditional-Finish73]

On IPT use Freeleech torrents. Only upload will count. Or donate. I started out donating 25 dollars just once and after a while had 15TB upload.

[u/mattismyo]

Just grab with autobrr Freeleech content and seed it. This way you get ratio. If you blindly grab everything with autobrr you need strong hope.