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Comparison of Synology DiskStation DS216j and QNAP TS-231

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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Synology DiskStation DS216j (DS216J)
Synology DiskStation DS216j (DS216J)
QNAP TS-231 (TS-231)
QNAP TS-231 (TS-231)
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Launch 2016 2015
Class Small office / Home office Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions 165 x 100 x 225.5 mm 169 x 102 x 219 mm
Weight 880 g 1.28 kg
Disks
Disk bays 2 x 3.5" SATA III 2 x 3.5" SATA III
RAID JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
Synology Hybrid RAID
JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
SSD support yes yes
Network
LAN ports 1 x Gigabit Ethernet 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless yes, with USB dongle yes, with USB dongle
Protocols AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
P2P support BitTorrent
eMule
BitTorrent
Media server DLNA
UPnP
iTunes
DLNA
iTunes
Cloud backup Amazon S3
Box
Dropbox
Google Drive
Microsoft OneDrive
Amazon S3
Dropbox
Google Drive
Microsoft OneDrive
Connectivity
USB ports 2 x USB 3.0 3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports no 1 x eSATA
System
CPU Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core @ 1 GHz Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2GHz
RAM 512 MB 512 MB
Flash   512 MB
Operating system Synology DSM QNAP QTS
Alternative OS    
Power
Power supply 12 V / 5 A 12 V / 5 A
Consuption 14.85 W / 6.95 W 20.56 W / 9.78 W
Fans 1 x 92 mm 1 x 70 mm
Noise level 18.2 dB(A) 15.4 dB(A)
Features
Specials    
Administration
Default IP DHCP DHCP
Default username admin admin
Default password [blank] admin

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