Comparison of Buffalo TeraStation 5600DN and Synology DiskStation DS416slim
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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 Buffalo TeraStation 5600DN (TS5600DN) |
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| Launch | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Class | Small / Medium business | Small office / Home office | |
| Body | |||
| Dimensions | 260 x 170 x 230 mm | 120 x 105 x 142 mm | |
| Weight | 10 kg | 660 g | |
| Disks | |||
| Disk bays | 6 x 3.5" SATA II | 4 x 2.5" SATA III | |
| RAID | JBOD RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 RAID50 RAID51 RAID6 |
JBOD RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 RAID6 Synology Hybrid RAID |
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| SSD support | no | yes | |
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| Network | |||
| LAN ports | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet | |
| Wireless | no | yes, with USB dongle | |
| Protocols | AFP CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP NFS |
AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV |
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| P2P support | no | BitTorrent | |
| Media server | DLNA Squeezebox UPnP iTunes |
DLNA UPnP iTunes |
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| Cloud backup | Amazon S3 Dropbox |
Amazon S3 Box Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive |
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| Connectivity | |||
| USB ports | 2 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0 |
2 x USB 3.0 | |
| eSATA ports | no | no | |
| System | |||
| CPU | Intel Atom D2700 dual-core @ 2.13 GHz | Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core @ 1 GHz | |
| RAM | 2 GB DDR3 | 512 MB | |
| Flash | |||
| Operating system | Buffalo | Synology DSM | |
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| Power | |||
| Power supply | 120 W, internal | 12 V / 2.5 A | |
| Consuption | 17.17 W / 11.63 W | ||
| Fans | 2 x 92 mm | 1 x 60 mm | |
| Noise level | 20.3 dB(A) | ||
| Features | |||
| Specials | LCD Panel Failover and link aggregation |
Failover and link aggregation | |
| Administration | |||
| Default IP | DHCP | DHCP | |
| Default username | admin | admin | |
| Default password | password | [blank] | |
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