Can I host torrent files ? - Page 5

**sam** · June 13th, 2004, 4:28 PM

si. trouble bad. permission good.

Carrie · June 13th, 2004, 4:30 PM

Alrighty guys thanks soo much. I think I love this place. *throws out some suger free lifesavers* hehehe

freakolowsky · November 2nd, 2005, 4:32 AM

ok a revival on an old topic

howabout having a tracker on the site?

I'm working on an electronic music portal and i want to give users possibility to share their own work which includes their own tracks, mixtapes, flyer layouts, VJ clips, etc. and to save my bandwidth and increse download speed i'd go for torrent.

So if i'm sure the content is 100% legal ... would it be possible to set up a tracker on a dedicated server?

**Travis** · November 2nd, 2005, 5:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freakolowsky

So if i'm sure the content is 100% legal ... would it be possible to set up a tracker on a dedicated server?

If your sure everything is legal there should be no problem with it.

freakolowsky · November 2nd, 2005, 5:51 AM

ok ... i thought that was so, but how about a tracker. Is it possible to host a tracker?

**demontech** · November 2nd, 2005, 1:36 PM

Well, Torrentfiles are not illegal. It depends what the file is linking to.
Basicly a torrentfile is an file with MD5 HASH and information about the file.
Example if you make a torrentfile of work that is created by you i don't see any problem have it on a shared server. unless it not exeed 70% of your diskspace.
Be sure to read TOS

**Kayla** · November 2nd, 2005, 8:08 PM

If you have (or will have) a dedicated server, give it a go.

We definitely cannot host trackers on shared servers, they end up using too much CPU.

**demontech** · November 3rd, 2005, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Kayla

If you have (or will have) a dedicated server, give it a go.

We definitely cannot host trackers on shared servers, they end up using too much CPU.

Yep thats true. I've have seen many trackers go down and get slow cuase high cpu usage.

**Kickersny.com** · November 3rd, 2005, 12:27 PM

This is actually a superb thread for me because I run a (fully legal!) video hosting site and I have thought about setting up an optional tracker to help me with the bandwidth issue. Looks like that might happen if/when I go dedi, but then bandwidth won't be as much of an issue... *head explodes*

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demontech Demontech Hosting CEO Excelling Contributor Joined in Oct 2004 Lives in Stockholm, Sweden Hosted on PASS39 744 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	Well, Torrentfiles are not illegal. It depends what the file is linking to. Basicly a torrentfile is an file with MD5 HASH and information about the file. Example if you make a torrentfile of work that is created by you i don't see any problem have it on a shared server. unless it not exeed 70% of your diskspace. Be sure to read TOS __________________ Sincerely, Demon High Quality Hosting Service Provided By --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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June 13th, 2004, 4:28 PM	#37 (permalink)
sam Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Dec 2003 Lives in NJ 5,057 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 4 times	si. trouble bad. permission good.

November 2nd, 2005, 4:32 AM	#39 (permalink)
freakolowsky Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Nov 2005 2 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	ok a revival on an old topic howabout having a tracker on the site? I'm working on an electronic music portal and i want to give users possibility to share their own work which includes their own tracks, mixtapes, flyer layouts, VJ clips, etc. and to save my bandwidth and increse download speed i'd go for torrent. So if i'm sure the content is 100% legal ... would it be possible to set up a tracker on a dedicated server?

November 2nd, 2005, 5:51 AM	#41 (permalink)
freakolowsky Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Nov 2005 2 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	ok ... i thought that was so, but how about a tracker. Is it possible to host a tracker?

November 2nd, 2005, 8:08 PM	#43 (permalink)
Kayla Marketing Maven Surpass Staff Joined in May 2003 Lives in Orlando 24,749 posts Gave thanks: 946 Thanked 806 times	If you have (or will have) a dedicated server, give it a go. We definitely cannot host trackers on shared servers, they end up using too much CPU.

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