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Comparison of Netgear ReadyNAS 202 and ZyXEL NAS542

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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Netgear ReadyNAS 202 (RN202)
Netgear ReadyNAS 202 (RN202)
ZyXEL NAS542 (NAS542)
ZyXEL NAS542 (NAS542)
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Launch 2014 2016
Class Small office / Home office Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions 220 x 101 x 142 mm 190 x 225 x 160 mm
Weight 2.03 kg 2 kg
Disks
Disk bays 2 x 3.5" SATA III 4 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
RAID10
RAID5
RAID6
SSD support yes no
Network
LAN ports 2 x Gigabit Ethernet 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless no no
Protocols AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
HTTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
HTTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
P2P support BitTorrent BitTorrent
Media server DLNA
Plex
UPnP
iTunes
DLNA
Squeezebox
UPnP
iTunes
Cloud backup Dropbox
ReadyNAS Vault Cloud
Dropbox
Google Drive
Connectivity
USB ports 3 x USB 3.0 3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports 1 x eSATA no
System
CPU Annapurna AL212 dual-core @ 1.4 GHz Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2 GHz
RAM 2 GB 1 GB DDR3
Flash 128 MB 256 MB
Operating system Netgear ReadyNAS OS ZyXEL
Alternative OS    
Power
Power supply 12 V / 5 A 19 V / 4.74 A
Consuption   36.5 W / 14.8 W
Fans 1 x 92 mm 1 x 120 mm
Noise level 25 dB(A)  
Features
Specials ReadyNAS Surveillance Failover and link aggregation
SD card reader
Administration
Default IP   DHCP
Default username   admin
Default password   1234

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