Comparison of Linksys NAS200 and Netgear ReadyNAS 212

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	2008	2015
Class	Low end	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	170 x 114 x 195 mm	220 x 101 x 142 mm
Weight	893 g	2.03 kg
Disks
Disk bays	2 x 3.5" SATA II	2 x 3.5" SATA III
RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID1	JBOD RAID0 RAID1
SSD support	no	yes
Network
LAN ports	1 x Fast Ethernet	2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	no
Protocols	CIFS/SMB FTP	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS RSYNC SFTP WEBDAV
P2P support	no	BitTorrent
Media server	DLNA UPnP	DLNA UPnP iTunes
Cloud backup	no	Dropbox
Connectivity
USB ports	2 x USB 2.0	3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	no	1 x eSATA
System
CPU	RDC R3210-G @ 133 MHz	Annapurna Labs Alpine AL314 quad-core @ 1.4 GHz
RAM	32 MB	2 GB
Flash	8 MB	128 MB
Operating system	Linksys	Netgear ReadyNAS OS
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 5 A	12 V / 5 A
Consuption
Fans	1 x 30 mm	1 x 92 mm
Noise level		< 25 dB(A)
Features
Specials
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	admin	password

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