Quando se está a fazer downloads de torrents existem os seeders (semeadores) e os leechers (sanguessugas). As traduções não são as melhores. Mas basicamente os semeadores são pessoas que têm 100% do ficheiro que se está a sacar e as sanguessugas ainda estão a sacar, logo têm menos de 100%.
Pensava que quantos mais seeders houvessem melhor, mas na realidade o que interessa é a %. Por exemplo, é melhor ter 30 seeders e 70 leechers (30% seeders) do que 500 seeders e 2500 leechers (20% seeders).
Many people understand these basics. A torrent with 30 seeders and 70 leechers (30% seeders) will go faster than one with 10 seeders and 90 leechers (10% seeders). However, it gets confusing when you compare swarms of different sizes.
For example, a torrent with 30 seeders and 70 leechers (30% seeders) will generally be faster than one with 500 seeders and 2500 leechers (20% seeders). Why? Simply because the swarm has a smaller percentage of seeders. When picking the right torrents to download, the percentage of seeders that a swarm consists of is the most important thing to look at.
A higher percentage of seeders means that the average upload capacity available to the leechers will be higher.
http://lifehacker.com/5310210/speed-up-your-downloads-by-choosing-the-fastest-torrents
