Share ratio for incomplete files

[The Librarian]

Hi there, does anyone know if there is a way to limit the share ratio for files that you haven't completed downloading yourself? My issue is that when files are brand new (new episodes, movies, season packs, etc) and radarr or sonarr picks them up automatically, and the number of seeders to leachers is low, for every increment of data you download you might end up uploading 5-10 times that amount despite what you've set your share ratio to be. For example, If I have a completed 10 Gb file on my system and I set the share ratio to 2, I would expect to upload 20 Gb of data back to the torrentiverse. However, the ratio doesn't seem to apply until the file has completed downloading on my system, so if the file is new and popular and my download is slower than my uploads just because the seed/leach ratio is still very low, I may be at a share ratio of 10 by the time my download is complete, meaning I've shared 100 Gb of data even though I'd intended to only share 20 Gb. This is important because ISP have monthly bandwidth limits and exceeding them can cause a service disruption. I'd like to ensure that my share ratio never goes beyond the value I set so I can effectively manage my total monthly bandwith. I don't want any unexpected 100 Gb or 1 Tb uploads eating away at that monthly ISP bandwidth limit. Is this possible?

I've thought about limiting my upload speed to slow down the seeding process to help control the share ratio, but this has the unfortunate side effect of causing files to linger longer on my SSD before hitting the set share ratio and being removed, thus causing a critical space limitation. Even with a 2 Tb SSD it's been big problem during library building periods. So, I want the downloads and uploads to happen as fast as possible, but at no point in the process to exceed the share ratio I've set.

Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions about this?

[ambipro]

Set your share limits in Radarr and Sonarr, and not Deluge.