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title: "Migration from Rtorrent 15 to Rtorrent 16"
url: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl/threads/migration-from-rtorrent-15-to-rtorrent-16.46214/"
thread_id: 46214
date: "2026-10-14"
category: "Rozwiązano"
section: "Rtorrent 16"
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# Migration from Rtorrent 15 to Rtorrent 16

> Source: <https://forum.qnap.net.pl/threads/migration-from-rtorrent-15-to-rtorrent-16.46214/> · Rozwiązano · Forum QNAP Polska · 2026-10-14

Have 100+ torrents in Rtorrent 15. Is it possible to migrate?

## Rozwiązanie

> Just find out default session folder location is not /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Download/rtorrent16/session but /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/rtorrent16/var/session
> Thanks everything works now.

Yes.
You can basically change it and even use backups and restore session anytime.
This is designed to let user use for example NVMe drives used for their system to hold sessions. So they can keep sessions together with installation directory.
However when they found this and play a little bit with the settings, they can figure out instead of keeping sessions together with the app, they can simply create in a QNAP new share for Rtorrent operational files on the NVMe drives itself. Eg.:
HDD's for users data
+ Rtorrent downloads
NVMe for their system
+ new share for Rtorrent sessions
This scenario gives you maximum performance.

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