Comparison of Buffalo LinkStation 421e and ZyXEL NAS326

The side-by-side comparison of the devices’ specifications. The comparison table below makes it easier to choose the most fitting NAS.

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Launch	2013	2016
Class	Small office / Home office	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	205 x 87 x 128 mm	207 x 164 x 123 mm
Weight	798 g	1.26 kg
Disks
Disk bays	2 x 3.5" SATA II	2 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID1	JBOD RAID0 RAID1
SSD support	no	no
Network
LAN ports	1 x Gigabit Ethernet	1 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	no
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV
P2P support	BitTorrent	BitTorrent
Media server	DLNA UPnP iTunes	DLNA UPnP iTunes
Cloud backup	no	Dropbox Google Drive
Connectivity
USB ports	1 x USB 2.0 1 x USB 3.0	1 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	no	no
System
CPU	Marvell Armada 370 88F6707 @ 1.2 GHz	Marvell Armada 380 88F6810 @ 1.3 GHz
RAM	512 MB DDR3	512 MB
Flash	1 MB	256 MB
Operating system	Buffalo	ZyXEL
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 4 A	12 V / 5 A
Consuption		28 W / 5.5 W
Fans	1 x 60 mm	1 x 80 mm
Noise level
Features
Specials
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	password	1234

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