NAS for seedbox?

[Farva]

I've been contemplating getting rid of my current seedbox in favor of a NAS such as one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108042
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822155009

However, I do not know how well it would perform.

 

[SirMaster]

I can say +1 to the synology.

I use my Synology as a seedbox and it runs great.

There is a package you can install with the press of a few buttons in the web GUI to install the command line torrent client Transmission.

You can then control it through the transmission webui or something like the .net transmission remote.

http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?t=14773
http://code.google.com/p/transmission-remote-dotnet/

 

[Farva]

Can I take my current drive out of my computer and continue downloading stuff, or will I have to transfer everything to another drive?

 

[Bookmage]

It might work if it's the same file system and the nas recognizes it as a compatible drive... however I would test it before trying... I would just pick up a 2TB drive and use that w/the NAS.... less of a hassle...

Ive used a QNAP and an Infrant/Netgear Readynas for the same thing... it was nice and it worked but after a while I wanted faster speeds and more processing power so I ended up building a small server for it...
although nowadays, I would look at a 4-6 drive nas w/2TB drives... it would last longer and you know those files aren't going to shrink :-D

 

[Farva]

I have a small server now, but the reason I'm looking at a small NAS is to conserve some power since I run it 24/7. Were you not able to max your connection?