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Comparison of QNAP TAS-168 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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QNAP TAS-168 (TAS-168)
QNAP TAS-168 (TAS-168)
ZyXEL NAS542 (NAS542)
ZyXEL NAS542 (NAS542)
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Launch 2015 2016
Class Small office / Home office Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions 187.7 x 60 x 125 mm 190 x 225 x 160 mm
Weight 560 g 2 kg
Disks
Disk bays 1 x 3.5" SATA II 4 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID no JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
RAID10
RAID5
RAID6
SSD support yes no
Network
LAN ports 1 x Gigabit Ethernet 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless no no
Protocols AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
WEBDAV
AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
HTTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
P2P support no BitTorrent
Media server DLNA
UPnP
iTunes
DLNA
Squeezebox
UPnP
iTunes
Cloud backup Amazon S3
Dropbox
ElephantDrive
Google Drive
Dropbox
Google Drive
Connectivity
USB ports 4 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0
3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports no no
System
CPU Realtek RTD1195 dual-core @ 1.1 GHz Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2 GHz
RAM 2 GB 1 GB DDR3
Flash 4 GB 256 MB
Operating system QNAP QTS ZyXEL
Alternative OS    
Power
Power supply 12 V / 3 A 19 V / 4.74 A
Consuption 8.96 W / 5.03 W 36.5 W / 14.8 W
Fans 1 x 40 mm 1 x 120 mm
Noise level 15.7 dB(A)  
Features
Specials HDMI output Failover and link aggregation
SD card reader
Administration
Default IP DHCP DHCP
Default username admin admin
Default password admin 1234

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