I noticed that the minimum sync time is set to 10 minutes with Sonarr, what is the reasoning behind this? Previously with the private tracker I use, I’ve done updates of 5 or even 1 minute when using a torrent client’s RSS downloader.
Is this limit in place for the RSS host, or for Sonarr’s processing needs?
I don’t really mind getting the TV shows slightly later, but the bigger concern I have is that with private trackers, a lot of the seeding happens in the first few minutes of a release. So, for building/keeping a strong ratio getting a torrent added ~5/10 minutes late can actually be a pretty big difference in amount uploaded.
Most sites request users update RSS feeds every 15 minutes, we enforce a minimum of 10 to allow some flexibility while ensuring users aren’t unintentionally ignoring their indexer’s wishes and abusing the site, much better for everyone that a few users don’t get Sonarr banned entirely.
@markus101 It looks like that form control doesn’t have a min value set. Negative values pass the validation check and are apparently saved (though I’m guessing they may get treated as zero)?
Do you think indexer’s would be likely to ban an entire client though? Wouldn’t they be more likely to ban that person’s IP if they are flooding the server with requests too quickly?
I’m just wondering why torrent clients that allow very frequent RSS requests haven’t run into issues. I guess it is a matter of better safe than sorry though.
NZB.su banned headphones because it tends to hammer the API, even though it can apparently be configured not to. I suspect that’s not the only app, or indexer.
Torrent clients operate a bit differently, even if a tracker blocked their RSS/API attempts its likely it would continue to be able to connect to the tracker so it would only limit its usefulness, if Sonarr was banned from an indexer it would be completely dead for that tracker.