Comparison of Promise SmartStor Zero and Synology DiskStation DS216play

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	2013	2016
Class	Low end	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	92 x 145 x 213 mm	165 x 100 x 225.5 mm
Weight	950 g	880 g
Disks
Disk bays	2 x 3.5" SATA II	2 x 3.5" SATA III
RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID1	JBOD RAID0 RAID1 Synology Hybrid RAID
SSD support	no	yes
Network
LAN ports	1 x Gigabit Ethernet	1 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	yes, with USB dongle
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB NFS	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV
P2P support	no	BitTorrent eMule
Media server	DLNA UPnP iTunes	DLNA UPnP iTunes
Cloud backup	no	Amazon S3 Box Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive
Connectivity
USB ports	1 x USB 2.0	1 x USB 2.0 1 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	no	no
System
CPU	Freescale MPC8315 @ 400 MHz	STM Monaco STiH412 dual-core @ 1.5 GHz
RAM	128 MB	1 GB
Flash	64 MB
Operating system	Promise SmartNAVI 2.0	Synology DSM
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 5 A	12 V / 5 A
Consuption		15.08 W / 6.83 W
Fans	1 x 60 mm	1 x 92 mm
Noise level		18.5 dB(A)
Features
Specials	Zero Configuration	IP cam support 4k UHD transcoding
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	admin	[blank]

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