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Comparison of Buffalo LinkStation 421e 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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Buffalo LinkStation 421e (LS421DE)
Buffalo LinkStation 421e (LS421DE)
QNAP TS-231 (TS-231)
QNAP TS-231 (TS-231)
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Launch 2013 2015
Class Small office / Home office Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions 205 x 87 x 128 mm 169 x 102 x 219 mm
Weight 798 g 1.28 kg
Disks
Disk bays 2 x 3.5" SATA II 2 x 3.5" SATA III
RAID JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
JBOD
RAID0
RAID1
SSD support no yes
Network
LAN ports 1 x Gigabit Ethernet 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless no yes, with USB dongle
Protocols AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
HTTP
AFP
CIFS/SMB
FTP
ISCSI
NFS
WEBDAV
P2P support BitTorrent BitTorrent
Media server DLNA
UPnP
iTunes
DLNA
iTunes
Cloud backup no Amazon S3
Dropbox
Google Drive
Microsoft OneDrive
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 Marvell Armada 370 88F6707 @ 1.2 GHz Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2GHz
RAM 512 MB DDR3 512 MB
Flash 1 MB 512 MB
Operating system Buffalo QNAP QTS
Alternative OS    
Power
Power supply 12 V / 4 A 12 V / 5 A
Consuption   20.56 W / 9.78 W
Fans 1 x 60 mm 1 x 70 mm
Noise level   15.4 dB(A)
Features
Specials    
Administration
Default IP DHCP DHCP
Default username admin admin
Default password password admin

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