Comparison of Buffalo TeraStation StorageCraft Recovery Center 25 and Synology DiskStation DS216j

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 StorageCraft Recovery Center 25 (MX404DN1204/S) Remove	Synology DiskStation DS216j (DS216J) Remove	Add a NAS to compare
Launch	2016	2016
Class	Small / Medium business	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	285 x 184 x 210 mm	165 x 100 x 225.5 mm
Weight	7.6 kg	880 g
Disks
Disk bays	4 x 3.5" SATA III	2 x 3.5" SATA III
RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID5 RAID6	JBOD RAID0 RAID1 Synology Hybrid RAID
SSD support	yes	yes
Network
LAN ports	2 x Gigabit Ethernet	1 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	yes, with USB dongle
Protocols		AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV
P2P support		BitTorrent eMule
Media server		DLNA UPnP iTunes
Cloud backup		Amazon S3 Box Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive
Connectivity
USB ports	4 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0	2 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	2 x eSATA	no
System
CPU	Intel Core i3-3220 dual-core @ 3.3 GHz	Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core @ 1 GHz
RAM	16 GB DDR3	512 MB
Flash
Operating system	Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition	Synology DSM
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply		12 V / 5 A
Consuption		14.85 W / 6.95 W
Fans		1 x 92 mm
Noise level		18.2 dB(A)
Features
Specials	HDMI and DVI output
Administration
Default IP		DHCP
Default username		admin
Default password		[blank]

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