Comparison of StarTech.com Dual Bay Gigabit NAS 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	2014	2015
Class	Low end	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	115.5 x 85 x 180.5 mm	169 x 102 x 219 mm
Weight	628 g	1.28 kg
Disks
Disk bays	2 x 3.5" SATA III	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	CIFS/SMB FTP WEBDAV	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV
P2P support	BitTorrent	BitTorrent
Media server	DLNA UPnP	DLNA iTunes
Cloud backup	no	Amazon S3 Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive
Connectivity
USB ports	1 x USB 3.0 (device)	3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	no	1 x eSATA
System
CPU	JMicron JCS358 @ 300 MHz	Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2GHz
RAM	32 MB	512 MB
Flash		512 MB
Operating system	StarTech.com	QNAP QTS
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 3 A	12 V / 5 A
Consuption		20.56 W / 9.78 W
Fans	1 x 40 mm	1 x 70 mm
Noise level		15.4 dB(A)
Features
Specials
Administration
Default IP	192.168.0.2	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	admin	admin

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