Comparison of Netgear ReadyNAS 316 and ZyXEL NAS326

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	2013	2016
Class	Small / Medium business	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	288 x 192 x 259 mm	207 x 164 x 123 mm
Weight	7.53 kg	1.26 kg
Disks
Disk bays	6 x 3.5" SATA III	2 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 RAID6	JBOD RAID0 RAID1
SSD support	yes	no
Network
LAN ports	2 x Gigabit Ethernet	1 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	no
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS RSYNC SFTP WEBDAV	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV
P2P support	BitTorrent	BitTorrent
Media server	DLNA UPnP iTunes	DLNA UPnP iTunes
Cloud backup	Dropbox	Dropbox Google Drive
Connectivity
USB ports	1 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0	1 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	2 x eSATA	no
System
CPU	Intel Atom D2701 dual-core @ 2.1 GHz	Marvell Armada 380 88F6810 @ 1.3 GHz
RAM	2 GB	512 MB
Flash	128 MB	256 MB
Operating system	Netgear ReadyNAS OS	ZyXEL
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	200 W, internal	12 V / 5 A
Consuption	55 W	28 W / 5.5 W
Fans	1 x 120 mm	1 x 80 mm
Noise level	< 25 dB(A)
Features
Specials	LCD Panel Failover and link aggregation
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	password	1234

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