Comparison of QNAP TAS-168 and ZyXEL NAS542

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	2015	2016
Class	Small office / Home office	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	187.7 x 60 x 125 mm	190 x 225 x 160 mm
Weight	560 g	2 kg
Disks
Disk bays	1 x 3.5" SATA II	4 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID	no	JBOD RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 RAID6
SSD support	yes	no
Network
LAN ports	1 x Gigabit Ethernet	2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	no
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP WEBDAV	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV
P2P support	no	BitTorrent
Media server	DLNA UPnP iTunes	DLNA Squeezebox UPnP iTunes
Cloud backup	Amazon S3 Dropbox ElephantDrive Google Drive	Dropbox Google Drive
Connectivity
USB ports	4 x USB 2.0 1 x USB 3.0	3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	no	no
System
CPU	Realtek RTD1195 dual-core @ 1.1 GHz	Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2 GHz
RAM	2 GB	1 GB DDR3
Flash	4 GB	256 MB
Operating system	QNAP QTS	ZyXEL
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 3 A	19 V / 4.74 A
Consuption	8.96 W / 5.03 W	36.5 W / 14.8 W
Fans	1 x 40 mm	1 x 120 mm
Noise level	15.7 dB(A)
Features
Specials	HDMI output	Failover and link aggregation SD card reader
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	admin	1234

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