Does using the -arrs use insane amounts of disk space? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Redditgee@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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The only way I can see switching my Luddite family off of the streaming sites is by making it easier. Up until now, I've torrented the old fashioned way, but now I'm moving into plex (ik, ik, jellyfin is better) and want to start using the -arrs. As I understand it, which I'm not sure I do, the -arrs will automatically grab torrents. In my mind, this would eat up a TB pretty quickly. Do you guys all have massive SSDs (heh), or am I misunderstanding?

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[-] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Your question is a little odd, Torrenting "manually" and torrenting with the -arrs is the same in "process" and you will use the same amount of diskspace (not accounting for the programs themselves that is).

Using the -arrs is what make the who torrenting process a little more "automated" as you specify the content you are looking for, and once that content it available the software pulls it from whatever sites or index's you have provided in your initial setup of the programs.

No more having to look at multiple sites for something, as soon as it's online the arrr pull it and download it as soon as possible for you.