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Comparison of ZyXEL NAS542 and ZyXEL NAS540

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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ZyXEL NAS542 (NAS542)
ZyXEL NAS542 (NAS542)
ZyXEL NAS540 (NAS540)
ZyXEL NAS540 (NAS540)
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Launch 2016 2015
Class Small office / Home office Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions 190 x 225 x 160 mm 190 x 225 x 160 mm
Weight 2 kg 2 kg
Disks
Disk bays 4 x 3.5" SATA II 4 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
RAID10
RAID5
RAID6
JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
RAID10
RAID5
RAID6
SSD support no no
Network
LAN ports 2 x Gigabit Ethernet 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless no no
Protocols AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
HTTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
CIFS/SMB
FTP
HTTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
P2P support BitTorrent BitTorrent
Media server DLNA
Squeezebox
UPnP
iTunes
DLNA
Squeezebox
UPnP
iTunes
Cloud backup Dropbox
Google Drive
Dropbox
Google Drive
Connectivity
USB ports 3 x USB 3.0 3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports no no
System
CPU Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2 GHz Freescale FS1024 dual-core @ 1.2 GHz
RAM 1 GB DDR3 1 GB DDR3
Flash 256 MB 256 MB
Operating system ZyXEL ZyXEL
Alternative OS    
Power
Power supply 19 V / 4.74 A 12 V / 5 A
Consuption 36.5 W / 14.8 W 36.5 W / 14.8 W
Fans 1 x 120 mm 1 x 120 mm
Noise level    
Features
Specials Failover and link aggregation
SD card reader
Failover and link aggregation
SD card reader
Administration
Default IP DHCP DHCP
Default username admin admin
Default password 1234 1234

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