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I'm trying to optimize my Unraid server and have narrowed down an unexpectedly high CPU temperature to DelugeVPN.

System:

• Unraid 7.2.3
• Intel i5-13600K
• 64 GB RAM
• binhex-delugevpn (latest)
• 1 Gbps internet
• ARR stack (Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr, Bazarr)

At first I thought I had a cooling issue because my CPU package temperature was sitting around 70-75°C almost constantly.

After some troubleshooting I found:

• Stopping the entire ARR/media stack dropped CPU temperature immediately to 42-45°C.
• I then restarted every container individually.
• FlareSolverr, Prowlarr, Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr and Bazarr all caused only brief startup spikes before settling back to the low 40s.
• As soon as I started binhex-delugevpn, CPU temperature climbed back into the mid-70s.

Using docker stats I see:

binhex-delugevpn    100-120% CPU

while most other containers are near 0%.

The interesting part is:

• Only one torrent is actively downloading
• No active seeding at the moment
• Overall system CPU is only around 5%, but one P-core is repeatedly hitting 100%.

I have already reduced Deluge's limits to:

Queue

• Active Torrents: 10
• Active Downloads: 3
• Active Seeds: 10

Bandwidth

• Global Connections: 200
• Connections per Torrent: 50
• Upload Slots: 20
• Upload Slots per Torrent: 4

These changes reduced Deluge CPU slightly (about 120% → 100%) but CPU temperature remains around 74°C.

Questions:

1. Is ~100% CPU normal for Deluge with only one active torrent?
2. Are there any known libtorrent/binhex-delugevpn settings that significantly reduce CPU usage?
3. Are there other Deluge settings I should investigate before considering another torrent client?
4. Has anyone compared Deluge vs qBittorrent on Unraid from a CPU efficiency perspective?

I'd appreciate any suggestions. My goal isn't to maximize download speed at all costs—I just want a good balance between performance and CPU utilization.

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What are other people doing?

Ideas? Suggestions?

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Does anyone still have a copy of the Love Is Against the Grain CD booklet and can confirm who the backing vocalist is on "Whirlwind"?

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