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Comparison of QNAP TS-231 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 TS-231 (TS-231)
QNAP TS-231 (TS-231)
ZyXEL NAS542 (NAS542)
ZyXEL NAS542 (NAS542)
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Launch 2015 2016
Class Small office / Home office Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions 169 x 102 x 219 mm 190 x 225 x 160 mm
Weight 1.28 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 yes, with USB dongle no
Protocols AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
HTTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
P2P support BitTorrent BitTorrent
Media server DLNA
iTunes
DLNA
Squeezebox
UPnP
iTunes
Cloud backup Amazon S3
Dropbox
Google Drive
Microsoft OneDrive
Dropbox
Google Drive
Connectivity
USB ports 3 x USB 3.0 3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports 1 x eSATA no
System
CPU Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2GHz Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2 GHz
RAM 512 MB 1 GB DDR3
Flash 512 MB 256 MB
Operating system QNAP QTS ZyXEL
Alternative OS    
Power
Power supply 12 V / 5 A 19 V / 4.74 A
Consuption 20.56 W / 9.78 W 36.5 W / 14.8 W
Fans 1 x 70 mm 1 x 120 mm
Noise level 15.4 dB(A)  
Features
Specials   Failover and link aggregation
SD card reader
Administration
Default IP DHCP DHCP
Default username admin admin
Default password admin 1234

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