What is a seedbox and what is it used for

Hello people: )
I am making this thread for members who are confused to what a seedbox really is and hopefully help some of you guys out along the way:D

Below I have compiled some information from various sites and I will keep adding more info to the thread as time goes on.

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 and, usually, removes the need to worry 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. Mobile interface support is also offered by clients such as Transmission.

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. Seedboxes' ability to transfer files so quickly makes them very attractive to 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.

Deluge webUI
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rutorrent webUI
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List of seedbox providers
http://pulsedmedia.com/
http://www.feralhosting.com/heron/
http://www.chociz.com/whmcs/cart.php?gid=5
https://www.fdcservers.net/contact_us.php
https://client.evoboxes.net/cart.php?gid=1
http://seedhost.eu/for_one_person
http://boxslots.com/seedboxes.php
http://www.xirvik.com/


GUIDE ON HOW TO CROSS SEED ON RUTORRENT WEBUI

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1x Click on the add torrent icon

2x Click on the file directory button as shown above and then X out of it.
this will add your file directory and point the torrent to the right place.

3x Find the exact same torrents on 2 different trackers, download the first one from a tracker that you have a good ratio on.
When the first torrent is fully downloaded find the second one and add it as you normally would, if the 2 torrents are the same the second one will say "checking" instead of "downloading"

NOTE: Make sure the 2 torrents have the exact same name and file size, there might be a few MB'S in the difference but this is ok as it"s just the file info from different trackers.

That's it, If you have any problems or need any help please feel free to PM me: )

these are links of seedboxs that seem worth the price:

http://www.chociz.com/whmcs/cart.php?gid=5
https://www.fdcservers.net/contact_us.php
https://client.evoboxes.net/cart.php?gid=1
http://seedhost.eu/for_one_person
http://boxslots.com/seedboxes.php
http://www.xirvik.com/

Thanks for the info mate, we'll try get a lot of info on here.
If anyone needs answers about a seedbox hopefully they will find everything here soon: )

this a a great idea, a one place to go for anything seedbox related, i have opened a couple seedbox threads where i needed help and there is a lot of informational info that people have posted there to help me with my problems

I will look through them to see, if anyone has any info to add whether it be a seedbox provider you were happy with or it was good value for money.
Please post the stats and I will do a ranking of the best providers.

those links that i posted are the links to the best deals that i could find, i also looked at the seedbox section of SCC forums and those it's what i came up with, give them a look

Thanks for your help mate, I will do RSS feeds and cross seeding soon aswell.

i am looking forward to those, i have not done cross seeding before, it's time to learn ;)

Cross seeding is so easy, see the rutorrent image above^

In the add torrent box you can see a button with 3 dots on it ... Underneath the red X button.
Click the button with the 3 dots on it then x out of it, it's that simple.
This will add your file directory and point the torrent to the right place, after you do that all that's left is to find the exact same torrent on two sites.
I usually DL from TL as I have a huge buffer there, find the same torrent on let's say SCC and make sure the name and file size are a match: there might be a few MB in the difference sometimes but this is ok.
Once you find the torrent on SCC just add it as you normally would, if the file is the same as the TL one it will say "checking" instead of "downloading"

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