@fresnopup:
Is there any sort of strategy to follow that would handle this issue that is most helpful to the network?
What I do is strategic 'thinning out' of the hard drive. When the drive reaches its capacity I delete some torrents from the BT client and transfer the files either to my external HD or dvd discs. Torrents that I delete can be:
The ones that have the most seeders (and if needed reseed them in the future when the seeder numbers dropped)
The ones that have been seeding the longest.
The ones with higher ratio (according to BT client statistics)
The bigger size ones, as it will make more space.
Not ALL these 3 factors have to apply. Can be just one or combination of them. 🙂 It also depends on how much space I want to free.
Rotating the torrents is healthy for the community as you give a chance to more people and torrents to circulate.
@cumeaternc:
What are some other ways you guys archive your videos?
I keep my porn archived in my external hard drive according to studios but without the spreadsheet. I use a similar spreadsheet to cumeaternc 's but for my cinema movies (alphabetically the movies & numbered dvds).