Does TrueNAS Scale 24.04 limit apps' network speed?

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I’ve just converted from Core to Scale 24.04 and having installed the qBittorrent app, I’m disappointed with its download speeds. A torrent which I can download on my desktop at 2.5 MB/s (internet connection about 4.5MB/s, 36Mbps) is downloaded by the qBit app at barely over 1MB/s, with both the desktop and server app using the same settings for transfer rate (unlimited up/down) and number of connections (100 global max, 20 per torrent).

Obviously I’m testing one at a time, not simultaneously, and there are no other devices using a significant amount of bandwidth on my LAN. Is there some throttling I’ve missed in the Scale app settings?

Both the Scale app desktop app (Win 10) are current versions.

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FWIW, I found this Reddit post reporting similar problems, which it blames on libtorrent v2 being bad, and recommending using v1.2 instead. I don’t know enough about Linux/Docker to know if it’s possible to change the library version in a container, or how to do it.

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For “Apps” or Docker, you’d need to find one for qBittorrent where the author ships it built with libtorrent 1.2. Can’t really override it yourself.

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I suspected as much. I’m just using the version in the TrueNAS directory.

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I max my connection (paltry 50MB/s / 400mbps) with no problem. I made a custom app with libtorrent 1.2. Not sure if it’s the cause of your speeds, but it’s not because it’s an app.

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Docker container? Something you can drop into TrueNAS SCALE?

Was it a “jail” with the new Incus method?

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Apps > Discover Apps > Custom App

qbittorrent-nox:5.0.4-1
https://hub.docker.com/r/qbittorrentofficial/qbittorrent-nox

I don’t use ‘latest’ since all of the trackers I use have client version whitelists.

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