First hands-on experience with Netcup: from registration and VAT exemption to server activation in just six hours. This post benchmarks the Vienna-based RS 1000 G11 plan (EPYC 9634, 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 260 GB NVMe, 2.5 Gbps), covering lscpu output, multiple benchmark suites, network performance, pricing, and discount tips for new users.

Hands-on benchmark of Hetzner’s budget storage server SX65: 88 TB HDD + dual NVMe, Ryzen 7 3700X, 64 GB ECC at €104/month. Compares against the classic 40 TB auction setup, showcasing CPU, disk, and platform performance to evaluate overall price/performance and ideal use cases such as cold storage, backup, and mixed workloads.

Hands-on benchmark of HostBrr’s 1st‑anniversary Germany storage deal: €6/month for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe + 6 TB RAID6 HDD, and 20 TB @ 1 Gbps. Includes YABS and HDD performance benchmarks, notes on recent datacenter migration and DDoS protection upgrades, plus impressions of this limited 8-unit flash sale.

Tencent Cloud Hong Kong has launched the prepaid Lighthouse Quality Traffic Package to address HK region latency issues by using premium BGP dedicated routes to Mainland China. Billing is based on outbound traffic only, but pricing is relatively high (around RMB 1,000 for 512 GB over 6 months). This post walks through activation steps and includes routing and latency benchmarks across China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom.

Hands-on benchmark of Faconhost’s Singapore CN2 VPS during its Alpha phase. Pricing undercuts Xtom and CN2 routes look attractive, but routing and SLA are still unstable, TOS is extremely strict, and PayPal verification is harsh. Covers current plans, IPv6 /64 details, YABS and Geekbench performance, China‑route tracing, and multi-ISP speed tests—overall, proceed cautiously to avoid pitfalls.

This post examines how PCDN crackdowns in China have led some ISPs to throttle or suspend home broadband, even for regular BT/PT usage. It explains what PCDN is, why it affects uplink bandwidth, and details a new directive from the Jiangsu Communications Administration forbidding ISPs to arbitrarily reduce speeds or cut service, alongside the author’s own complaint and rights‑protection experience.

Hands-on benchmark of a Nube Cloud Hong Kong dedicated server: Ryzen 9 7950X, 128GB DDR5 ECC, dual 1.92TB Intel enterprise NVMe, dual 10G uplinks and Hong Kong BGP blend. Includes lscpu dump, multiple disk and network benchmarks, latency charts plus purchase and test endpoints to evaluate performance and value.

This post exposes abuse of anacrolix_torrent-style unlimited download tools and how 123网盘 and PCDN disguise themselves as regular BitTorrent clients to drain peer bandwidth. It explains the background, links key community investigations, and provides hands-on protection: upgrading QBEE, client fingerprint blocking, IP range blacklists, and helper tools so BT users can safeguard their upload capacity.

This post benchmarks Nube Cloud’s new Hong Kong platform under the Kuaichedao brand. The test instance is an AMD EPYC 7713-based a3s.1c1g plan with 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM and 10 GB NVMe, priced at just $2.82/month with one-way bandwidth billing at $0.0031/GB. It supports hourly billing and IPv6 (manual configuration). Detailed CPU, disk, network, routing and streaming unlock benchmarks are included, plus a reminder that Kuaichedao has suffered frequent attacks in the past, so proceed with caution.

This post benchmarks Hostbrr, a long‑running Hetzner reseller, whose popular 5950X flash deal has now been upgraded to AMD EPYC 9454P at no extra cost. For €10.5/month you get 6 vCPUs, 20 GB RAM, 200 GB NVMe, and 15 TB bandwidth in Germany. Detailed CPU, disk, network, and streaming‑unlock results show stable performance and excellent value, especially for high‑memory and large‑storage workloads.

Updated for Mantou’s new “triple size” upload rule and the end of partial-pack racing. This guide distills PT upload racing essentials (LAN, SSD, hardware), home broadband throttling risks, and compares SeedBox vs VPS pros/cons with a throttle matrix. It also covers provider selection, BuyVM benchmarks and tuning Deluge/qBittorrent plus auto-removal scripts, helping you pick the right box and race safely.

This guide walks you through deploying MoviePilot with Docker on Debian 12: updated docker-compose configuration, planning directories and UID/GID, using the built‑in CookieCloud, and integrating PT downloaders (qBittorrent/Transmission) with media servers (Emby/Plex/Jellyfin) to quickly build an automated media library.