Help me understand seed rank
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:50 am
I'm lost.
I have cleared up my earlier confusion between the meaning of "Share Ratio Limit" and "Stop seeding when share ratio reaches", and have read the FAQ:
Share Ratio Limit: 1.40
Seed Time Ratio: -1.00
Seed Time (m): -1
Stop Seeding when share ratio reaches: 1.40
Should result in 0 seed cycles for all torrents, and thus an equal priority - the Time settings are unlimited, so they can't ever cause a cycle to complete, and if a torrent reaches a ratio of 1.40, it should stop seeding.
However, I have a wide variety of seed ranks in my seeding torrents. Can anyone explain that?
A further puzzle lies in two particular examples - two torrents each with x(13) peers - but the one with a seed rank of 37 was actively seeding, and the one with a seed rank of 0 was cued. I would have expected the reverse; perhaps seed rank is inversely, rather than directy, proportional to seed cycles completed?
Any information appreciated.
Thanks.
I have cleared up my earlier confusion between the meaning of "Share Ratio Limit" and "Stop seeding when share ratio reaches", and have read the FAQ:
If I read that right, though, my settings:Seeding torrents have no queue position! Why? ΒΆ
Seeds use something called "seed rank" to determine which should be active and which should be queued. The seed rank is determined by the number of seed cycles a torrent has completed. Torrents with fewer completed seed cycles are prioritized for seeding. A seed cycle is completed when a torrent meets either the share ratio limit (uploaded bytes / downloaded bytes), the share time ratio (time seeding / time downloading) or seed time limit (time seeded).
Share Ratio Limit: 1.40
Seed Time Ratio: -1.00
Seed Time (m): -1
Stop Seeding when share ratio reaches: 1.40
Should result in 0 seed cycles for all torrents, and thus an equal priority - the Time settings are unlimited, so they can't ever cause a cycle to complete, and if a torrent reaches a ratio of 1.40, it should stop seeding.
However, I have a wide variety of seed ranks in my seeding torrents. Can anyone explain that?
A further puzzle lies in two particular examples - two torrents each with x(13) peers - but the one with a seed rank of 37 was actively seeding, and the one with a seed rank of 0 was cued. I would have expected the reverse; perhaps seed rank is inversely, rather than directy, proportional to seed cycles completed?
Any information appreciated.
Thanks.