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Comparison of Netgear ReadyNAS 516 and QNAP TS-231

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 516 (RN516)
Netgear ReadyNAS 516 (RN516)
QNAP TS-231 (TS-231)
QNAP TS-231 (TS-231)
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Launch 2013 2015
Class Small / Medium business Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions 288 x 192 x 259 mm 169 x 102 x 219 mm
Weight 7.97 kg 1.28 kg
Disks
Disk bays 6 x 3.5" SATA III 2 x 3.5" SATA III
RAID JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
RAID10
RAID5
RAID6
JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
SSD support yes yes
Network
LAN ports 2 x Gigabit Ethernet 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless no yes, with USB dongle
Protocols AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
ISCSI
NFS
RSYNC
SFTP
WEBDAV
AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
P2P support BitTorrent BitTorrent
Media server DLNA
UPnP
iTunes
DLNA
iTunes
Cloud backup Dropbox Amazon S3
Dropbox
Google Drive
Microsoft OneDrive
Connectivity
USB ports 1 x USB 2.0
2 x USB 3.0
3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports 3 x eSATA 1 x eSATA
System
CPU Intel Core i3-3220 dual-core @ 3.3 GHz Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2GHz
RAM 4 GB ECC 512 MB
Flash 128 MB 512 MB
Operating system Netgear ReadyNAS OS QNAP QTS
Alternative OS    
Power
Power supply 200 W, internal 12 V / 5 A
Consuption 88 W 20.56 W / 9.78 W
Fans 1 x 120 mm 1 x 70 mm
Noise level < 28 dB(A) 15.4 dB(A)
Features
Specials LCD Panel
Failover and link aggregation
 
Administration
Default IP DHCP DHCP
Default username admin admin
Default password password admin

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