Comparison of Netgear ReadyNAS 516 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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Launch	2013	2015
Class	Small / Medium business	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	288 x 192 x 259 mm	169 x 102 x 219 mm
Weight	7.97 kg	1.28 kg
Disks
Disk bays	6 x 3.5" SATA III	2 x 3.5" SATA III
RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 RAID6	JBOD RAID0 RAID1
SSD support	yes	yes
Network
LAN ports	2 x Gigabit Ethernet	2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	yes, with USB dongle
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS RSYNC SFTP WEBDAV	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV
P2P support	BitTorrent	BitTorrent
Media server	DLNA UPnP iTunes	DLNA iTunes
Cloud backup	Dropbox	Amazon S3 Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive
Connectivity
USB ports	1 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0	3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	3 x eSATA	1 x eSATA
System
CPU	Intel Core i3-3220 dual-core @ 3.3 GHz	Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2GHz
RAM	4 GB ECC	512 MB
Flash	128 MB	512 MB
Operating system	Netgear ReadyNAS OS	QNAP QTS
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	200 W, internal	12 V / 5 A
Consuption	88 W	20.56 W / 9.78 W
Fans	1 x 120 mm	1 x 70 mm
Noise level	< 28 dB(A)	15.4 dB(A)
Features
Specials	LCD Panel Failover and link aggregation
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	password	admin

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