QNAP adds new BitTorrent engine to NAS family, launches TS-409U

We're still struggling to see if this is just a PR push or if QNAP is really introducing something new here, but whatever the case, it's using Computex to announce a "new" P2P download engine in cooperation with BitTorrent. Said engine will be embedded within its TS-109 II, TS-209 II, and TS-409, and it should enhance download performance as well as add support for DHT / TCP / UDP tracker protocols. Beyond all that, the firm is kicking out an all new Turbo NAS: the 1U rack-mountable US-409U. The unit is based on a Linux-embedded system and includes a 500MHz SoC CPU, 512MB of DDR2 RAM, four hot-swappable bays, online RAID capacity expansion and RAID 0/1/5/6/5+spare disk redundancy support. Regrettably, QNAP didn't pass along any information in regard to pricing / availability.

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[matt @ Jun 5th 2008 10:28AM]

Looks interesting, use it as a bittorrent server for ubuntu distribution.

[Maisum @ Jun 5th 2008 12:38PM]

so how much faster does this make your bittorrent speed increase?

[E71 @ Jun 5th 2008 2:36PM]

... because EVERYONE has a server rack in their basement.

[Thomas @ Jun 8th 2008 9:12AM]

I do! 47U in my computer room.

[SoloSalsa @ Jun 12th 2008 5:51PM]

I envy you.