TorrentFlux

[cartwright118]

Hi,

I recently got a RPS server off OVH for webhosting, I just wondered if I was to install TorrentFlux to download/seed torrents (legal ones of course) would i be breaking any of the OVH Terms of Service/Use.

I just wanted to ask before I went ahead and installed it.

Also I noticed from the manuals, OVH have monitoring software installed on my RPS, I just wanted to make sure my server security isn't going to be breached because of this and all my data will remain private?

Thank you.
Chris

[Seedbox Paradis]

The TOS states that any illegal filesharing is not allowed, there is nothing against using torrents for legal purposes, but where in the hell do you find those :O The monitoring software is what OVH uses to monitor the state of your RPS, so you're fine.

[The European]

T...there is nothing against using torrents for legal purposes, but where in the hell do you find those :O

Well, pretty much every full release of Ubuntu from Canonical overwhelms their http servers on launch day so the torrents are a significant part of the distribution mechanism.

It's not just Ubuntu that gets distributed by torrent though; id Software runs a permanent tracker for their patches, linux binaries and demos at zerowing.idsoftware.com.

Having only ever used torrents for non-copyright-infringing material, I've never thought that there was a 'shortage' of legal content delivered by torrent. :cool:

[cartwright118]

The TOS states that any illegal filesharing is not allowed, there is nothing against using torrents for legal purposes, but where in the hell do you find those :O The monitoring software is what OVH uses to monitor the state of your RPS, so you're fine.

Thank you, this has backed up what I thought. No provider encourages sharing copyrighted material. I only got the RPS to learn linux and host a couple of websites. I don't know one thing about linux command line lol. - Apart from it being really difficult :P

Thank you both for the reply.
Chris

[Palad1n]

If you are going to run a few small torrents, use rTorrent, uses far less resources.

Remember the RPS have an iSCSI HDD so performance is not super fast.

[Myatu]

I don't know one thing about linux command line lol. - Apart from it being really difficult :P

Nah, the only difference is when something goes wrong, there are no blue screens but black screens. You're still left wondering "WTF?" the same way as usual :D

[cartwright118]

If you are going to run a few small torrents, use rTorrent, uses far less resources.

Remember the RPS have an iSCSI HDD so performance is not super fast.

Thank you for the advice. I will give it a try. :)

Nah, the only difference is when something goes wrong, there are no blue screens but black screens. You're still left wondering "WTF?" the same way as usual :D

LOL - This is so true! *laughs*

//CJ