Hey everyone

 

New to unRAID here, and trying to learn how Cache and Mover works in relation to torrents and seeding. 

Where is the best place to download torrents to, and seed from on unRAID? 

I've thought about downloading/seeding from cache, but I don't understand what happens to files that are still downloading/seeding when the mover process occurs. And once the move is complete, will the Torrent client continue to seed automatically?

So instead, I'm thinking something like this:

1. Download to Unassigned Drive
2. Once completed, Sonarr/Radarr copy the file to the final folder on the Array
3. Torrents remain seeding from the Unassigned Drive until seeding rules are met, they are then deleted by the Torrent client

I've considered using the cache drive for Step 2, to speed up post-processing - but I could only do this if Sonarr/Radarr think the cache drive and the array are the same drive. Is this what User Shares does? Mirrors the folders on both cache and the array to look the same?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Edited March 5, 20197 yr by antigravity

37 minutes ago, antigravity said:

1. Download to Unassigned Drive
2. Once completed, Sonarr/Radarr copy the file to the final folder on the Array
3. Torrents remain seeding from the Unassigned Drive until seeding rules are met, they are then deleted by the Torrent client

This is how mine is setup and it works flawlessly, in my opinion it takes a lot of IO stress away from the cache & array.

note: I'm using Sickchill/CouchPotato, but same principal applies.

Works great for me as well.