Comparison of QNAP TS-231+ and Drobo 5N

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	2015	2016
Class	Small office / Home office	Small office / Home office
Dimensions	169 x 102 x 219 mm	150.3 x 185.4 x 262.3 mm
Weight	1.28 kg	3.9 kg
Disks
Disk bays	2 x 3.5" SATA III	5 x 3.5" SATA III
RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID1	BeyondRAID
SSD support	yes	yes

Network
LAN ports	2 x Gigabit Ethernet	1 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	yes, with USB dongle	no
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS SFTP WEBDAV	AFP CIFS/SMB
P2P support	BitTorrent	no
Media server	DLNA iTunes	no
Cloud backup	Amazon S3	no
Connectivity
USB ports	3 x USB 3.0	no
eSATA ports	1 x eSATA	no
System
CPU	Annapurna AL212 dual-core @ 1.4 GHz	Marvell Armada XP MV78460 quad-core @ 1.2 GHz
RAM	1 GB DDR3	1 GB DDR3
Flash	512 MB	128 MB
Operating system	QNAP QTS	Drobo
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 5 A	12 V / 12.5 A
Consuption	16.01 W / 9.03 W
Fans	1 x 70 mm	1 x 120 mm
Noise level	16.8 dB(A)	< 30.4 dB(A)
Features
Specials		1 x mSATA port
Administration
Default IP	DHCP
Default username	admin
Default password	admin

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