QNAP's latest BitTorrent NAS: TS-109 Pro Turbo Station
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jun 8th 2007 5:01AM
posted Jun 8th 2007 5:01AM
BitTorrents best friend -- QNAP -- is back with a new series of all-in-one NAS servers. The TS-109 Pro Turbo Station is now Windows ADS and DDNS compliant and features a built-in Web server supporting PHP + MySQL. The box supports a single SATA disk up to 1TB in capacity which can be extended with USB 2.0 and eSATA jacks. The TS-109 also packs Q-RAID 1 for mirroring drives via USB or eSATA, remote network and 1-touch USB backup, iTunes sever, UPnP/DLNA support, and of course, their infamous BitTorrent client which doesn't require a PC. Its "no noise design" means you can keep those torrents chugging while you slumber in the glow of MPAA and RIAA scorn. Sorry, no prices or date for availability.
I think I'm drooling. This will save me from dreaming of hairdryers while my pc whirs away two feet from my head.
lol its not that hard to build a silent PC
If anyone really needs one of those, he's dl'ing *waay* too much pr0n... Or urgently needs a faster connection.
RE: L. Cyphre
I've had the TS-101 for 5 months and have downloaded over 100 full DVDs (not just xvid/divx) and I couldn't have done that otherwise because my primary computer is a laptop and I'm constantly mobile!
The MySQL support is great, I have the TS-101 and it's absolutely awesome !!!
@Cyphre
There is no such thing as too much Pr0n.
I would love one of these, where i live I can only get a 1mbps Adsl combined with the fact I have farely strange tastes in Movies and TV programs (non pr0n) means that it takes for ever for me to download stuff, so it would be nice to have something that doesn't resemble a Jet engine going at night
any interfaces available for these to download new tv shows intelligently/automatically? be nice to have one with a big ass drive in it that can download series that i like and share it with xbmc on my xbox.
I can't state anything for definate as I don't have one of these (yet) however most bittorrent clients recently appear to have RSS feed thingies in them, so if this had it you could use a feed from your favourite torrent site, with proper filters, to automatically download your TV shows.
Their site to purchase these seems to be... well, broken. What's the average price and location in the US to purchase these?
Can you run Peer Guardian (or an equivalent) on it?
My 3 month old TS-101 has just died, might see if I can get it replaced with one of these then!
And why is this is better than running a headless box using Remote Desktop/Terminal Services/PC Anywhere/VNC with your BT client of choice on your local LAN?
Size and power requirements.
I dont think i'll buy this if its $200+ without the hard drive included, I could make a descent small powered pc for $150, do all those stuffs and more.
What's the difference between this and the TS-101?
The MySQL and this one have 128MB of ram instead of 64 MB (TS-101) I didn't find any other difeferences, but I'm sure the are more of them.
It mentioned 3rd generation. Just wait and look what will them provide in the future.
This cool unit uses 500MHz CPU, 128 DDRII RAM. Noise free is cool !!!
UPnP Mediaserver with built-in TwonkyMedia is really a cool application!!! With DLNA compliant DMP,I can listen to the worldwide radio on Hi-Fi System in my living room! I really love it!
Great, It support PHP + MySQL. I am waiting for this product.
Great, It support PHP + MySQL. I am waiting for this product.
These look really nice, but I want a 209 with hotswap RAID (which is unfortunately a bit too expensive for me right now).
By the way, you can also buy these with hard drives pre installed, e.g.:
http://www.savebuckets.co.uk/search/?search=qnap+ts-109