The era of needing to download these indices to your hard drive is over, and your BitTorrent utility should know it. It’s much more convenient: instead of having to download a file to your computer system, and then pull up your NAS device’s configuration screen, and then “upload” your torrent file to your network storage device to get your download going, you should just be able to link to a torrent file hosted online and let your NAS device take care of the rest. The specific features of built-in NAS torrent apps make or break the experience, and there are a few that you shouldn’t compromise on.įor starters, your NAS device’s torrent utility must be able to process links to Web-based. There are many reasons to use the peer-to-peer (P2P) features of a network storage device rather than downloading these files to your computer: you’ll save power, you’ll put less wear and tear on your computer, and you won’t have to run your primary system all night long just to download game updates or movies in the public domain.īut that doesn’t mean your NAS device’s torrent app is flawless.

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