Comparison of Synology DiskStation DS216 and D-Link ShareCenter Cloud Storage 2000

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	2012
Class	Small office / Home office	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	165 x 108 x 233.2 mm	193.3 x 144.3 x 90 mm
Weight	1.3 kg	640 g
Disks
Disk bays	2 x 3.5" SATA III	2 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID1 Synology Hybrid RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID1
SSD support	yes	no
Network
LAN ports	1 x Gigabit Ethernet	1 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	no
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP
P2P support	BitTorrent eMule	BitTorrent
Media server	DLNA UPnP iTunes	DLNA UPnP
Cloud backup	Amazon S3 Box Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive	Amazon S3 D-Link Vault Google Drive
Connectivity
USB ports	1 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0	1 x USB 2.0
eSATA ports	no	no
System
CPU	Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core @ 1.3 GHz	Marvell Kirkwood 88F6702A @ 1 GHz
RAM	512 MB	256 MB
Flash	16 MB	128 MB
Operating system	Synology DSM	D-Link
Alternative OS		Arch Linux OpenWRT
Power
Power supply	12 V / 5 A	12 V / 3 A
Consuption	15.48 W / 7.2 W	15.7 W / 8.2 W
Fans	1 x 92 mm	1 x 40 mm
Noise level	18 dB(A)
Features
Specials
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	[blank]	[blank]

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