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A '''seedbox''' is a |
A '''seedbox''' is a '''dedicated server''' at a high speed '''datacenter''' with a public IP address for the '''downloading''' and seeding of '''bittorrent''' files. Persons who have access to a seedbox can download these files to their personal computers at any time and from any place that has an '''internet''' connection. <ref>{{cite web |
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| title=Need Upload Banwidth? Get a Seedbox |
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| accessdate=2008-07-24}}</ref> Seedboxes generally make use of the [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent protocol]] for uploading and downloading, although they have also been used on the [[eDonkey2000]] network. Seedboxes are plugged in to high speed bandwidth networks, often with a [[throughput]] of 100 [[megabits]] (~= 12 [[Mebibyte|MiB]]/s [~=715 MiB per minute]) or more. Files are uploaded to a seedbox from other BitTorrent users, and from there they can be downloaded at high speeds to a user's personal computer via the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol|HTTP]], [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]], [[SSH file transfer protocol|SFTP]], or [[rsync]] protocols. |
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Seedboxes can run Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X, [[Berkeley Software Distribution#Significant BSD descendants|*BSD]], etc. operating systems. More expensive seedboxes provide [[Virtual Network Computing|VNC]] connection, or [[Remote Desktop Protocol|remote desktop protocol]] on some Windows-based seedboxes, allowing many popular BitTorrent, newsgroup or eDonkey2000 clients to be run on the seedbox remotely. Other seedboxes are special purpose and run variety of torrent specific software including web interfaces of popular clients like [[Transmission (BitTorrent client)|Transmission]], [[rtorrent]] and [[utorrent]], as well as the famous [[TorrentFlux]] and [TorrentFlux-b4rt] web interface clients. These seedboxes usually have torrent specific rules as well, say 4 simultaneous torrents as an example. More clients can be found by doing a [[BitTorrent client#Comparison|comparison of BitTorrent software]]. |
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Seedboxes on high speed networks are typically able to download large files within minutes. A 1 [[Gibibyte|GiB]] (1,073,741,824 [[byte]]s) file can take less than five minutes to download. As a matter of fact an entire [[terabyte]] can be downloaded or uploaded in about an hour. That same 1 gibibyte 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 one of the big attractions seedboxes hold within the [[File sharing|P2P]] community, and within the BitTorrent community in particular. |
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Because of the mentioned high speeds, seedboxes tend to be extremely popular inside private torrent trackers, where mantaining a ratio above 1 is very important. These seedboxes also serve as a kind of proxy, because a user's actual IP address is not shown, the server's one being shown instead. |
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People who need full control over their server will often purchase these servers for a potentially expensive price from a seller. Others, however, will often buy torrentflux accounts or server accounts to try and share expenses. Due to high bandwidth demands for such server uses, many providers choose to disallow torrents, in an effort to spare the network. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http:// |
*[http://www.myseedbox.com/index-en.php/ 100% SeedBox Hosting @ mySeedBox.com] |
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*[http://startdownloading.com/blog/3/why-you-need-a-seedbox BitTorrent use on a Seedbox versus BitTorrent use at home] |
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*[http://torrent-source.net/?p=64 Independent list of places to get seedboxes] |
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Revision as of 18:24, 11 August 2008
A seedbox is a dedicated server at a high speed datacenter with a public IP address for the downloading and seeding of bittorrent files. Persons who have access to a seedbox can download these files to their personal computers at any time and from any place that has an internet connection. <ref>{{cite web