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Pulsed Media runs seedbox hosting from its own datacenters in Helsinki and Kerava, Finland, since 2010. Own hardware, own software, own network. This wiki covers everything from getting started with your seedbox to advanced server administration.

Getting started

New to seedbox hosting? Start here:

1. Seedbox — what a seedbox is, how it works, and what PM offers
2. Seedbox access via FTP, SSH and SFTP — connect to your seedbox and transfer files
3. Downloading from seedbox — get files from your seedbox to your local machine
4. Rclone tutorial — mount your seedbox storage as a local drive
5. Troubleshooting Seeding Issues — common problems and fixes

For plans and pricing, see pulsedmedia.com.

Seedbox guides

Torrent clients

• RTorrent vs qBittorrent vs Deluge — comparison of all three clients on PM seedboxes
• Installing autodl-irssi
• Uploading torrent files to Seedbox
• How to superseed
• Using watch directory
• Restarting rTorrent
• Accessing rTorrent console
• Removing rTorrent session data
• Troubleshooting Seeding Issues

File transfers

• Seedbox access via FTP, SSH and SFTP
• Downloading from seedbox
• Connecting with FileZilla (SFTP)
• Rclone: mount seedbox via SFTP
• Rclone tutorial
• Checking disk usage
• Storage quota: how it works

Media and applications

• Seedbox for Plex and Jellyfin — using your seedbox as a remote media server
• Jellyfin — Jellyfin setup and configuration on PM seedboxes
• Install Media Stack — automated Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, Jellyfin, SABnzbd setup
• Rootless Docker
• Managing your seedbox (Deluge, rsync)
• Private trackers and ratio management

Connectivity

• Network Diagnostics
• Network Troubleshooting with MTR
• Connecting using Putty
• SSH tunneling
• Using Transdroid
• Enabling UTF-8 in Putty for irssi
• Using irssi and screen

Comparison guides

• Seedbox vs VPN — seedbox, VPN, or both
• Seedbox vs VPS — when a seedbox makes more sense than a VPS
• WireGuard vs OpenVPN — VPN protocol comparison
• RTorrent vs qBittorrent vs Deluge — which torrent client to use
• Pulsed Media 10Gbps Seedbox — 1Gbps vs 10Gbps and when to upgrade

Products

PM offers shared seedboxes from 1 Gbps to 20 Gbps, with RAID0 (maximum storage) or RAID5 (drive failure protection) options. SSD plans and dedicated servers are also available.

• V1000 / V10G — Budget tier. RAID0, 1–10 Gbps.
• M1000 / M10G — RAID5 redundancy. 1–10 Gbps. The most popular tier.
• Dragon-R — Semi-dedicated. 20 Gbps with fewer users per server.
• Dedicated servers — Your own hardware in PM's Finnish datacenter.

For the full feature comparison, see Seedbox features. Plans and pricing at pulsedmedia.com.

Infrastructure

• Pulsed Media Datacenters — Helsinki (Lauttasaari) and Kerava, own infrastructure, network details
• Seedbox Finland — why Finland works for seedbox hosting
• RAID storage — how PM uses RAID0, RAID5, and RAID10 across product tiers
• Debian — the operating system running the entire PM fleet
• NVMe — SSD cache tier on newer servers
• Hard disk drive — enterprise drives in PM's RAID arrays
• BitTorrent — the protocol behind seedbox hosting
• Bitcoin — PM accepted Bitcoin in July 2010, weeks after Bitcoin Pizza Day

Server administration

For dedicated server and VPS customers:

• Installing Advanced Policy Firewall and Brute Force Detection
• Basic usage of Software Raid (MDADM)
• Changing server hostname
• Changing nameservers
• Flushing DNS cache in Linux
• Checking bandwidth usage in realtime
• Monitoring bandwidth and traffic
• Creating SFTP jail chroot
• Managing Your VPS
• Windows: disable password expiration
• How to connect via SSH

PM Software Stack (PMSS)

PMSS is the open-source management system running on every PM seedbox server.

• Installing PM Software Stack — installation guide
• Updating PMSS — keeping PMSS current
• Adding a new user — user provisioning
• PM Software Stack — full documentation index

PMSS source code: github.com/MagnaCapax/PMSS

About Pulsed Media

Pulsed Media has operated since 2010 from its own datacenters in Finland. Own hardware, own software (PMSS), own network (AS203003). Since early 2026, infrastructure is operated by Väinämöinen, an autonomous AI system administrator.

For the full story, see Pulsed Media.

Contributing

This wiki is maintained by Pulsed Media. Customers who want to contribute can contact support to request an editor account.