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Comparison of Synology DiskStation DS216play and Netgear ReadyNAS 526X

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 DS216play (DS216PLAY)
Synology DiskStation DS216play (DS216PLAY)
Netgear ReadyNAS 526X (RN526X)
Netgear ReadyNAS 526X (RN526X)
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Launch 2016 2016
Class Small office / Home office Small / Medium business
Body
Dimensions 165 x 100 x 225.5 mm 288 x 192 x 259 mm
Weight 880 g 7.97 kg
Disks
Disk bays 2 x 3.5" SATA III 6 x 3.5" SATA III
RAID JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
Synology Hybrid RAID
JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
RAID10
RAID5
RAID6
SSD support yes yes
Network
LAN ports 1 x Gigabit Ethernet 2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless yes, with USB dongle no
Protocols AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
ISCSI
NFS
RSYNC
SFTP
WEBDAV
P2P support BitTorrent
eMule
BitTorrent
Media server DLNA
UPnP
iTunes
DLNA
UPnP
iTunes
Cloud backup Amazon S3
Box
Dropbox
Google Drive
Microsoft OneDrive
Amazon S3
Dropbox
ReadyNAS Vault Cloud
Connectivity
USB ports 1 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0
3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports no 1 x eSATA
System
CPU STM Monaco STiH412 dual-core @ 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium D1508 dual-core @ 2.2 GHz
RAM 1 GB 4 GB DDR4 ECC
Flash    
Operating system Synology DSM Netgear ReadyNAS OS
Alternative OS    
Power
Power supply 12 V / 5 A 200 W, internal
Consuption 15.08 W / 6.83 W 88 W
Fans 1 x 92 mm 1 x 120 mm
Noise level 18.5 dB(A) < 28 dB(A)
Features
Specials IP cam support
4k UHD transcoding
LCD Panel
Failover and link aggregation
Administration
Default IP DHCP DHCP
Default username admin admin
Default password [blank] password

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