Comparison of Synology DiskStation DS116 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	2016	2016
Class	Small office / Home office	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	166 x 71 x 224 mm	207 x 164 x 123 mm
Weight	700 g	1.26 kg
Disks
Disk bays	1 x 3.5" SATA III	2 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID	no	JBOD RAID0 RAID1
SSD support	yes	no
Network
LAN ports	1 x Gigabit Ethernet	1 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	yes, with USB dongle	no
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV
P2P support	BitTorrent	BitTorrent
Media server	DLNA UPnP iTunes	DLNA UPnP iTunes
Cloud backup	Amazon S3 Box Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive	Dropbox Google Drive
Connectivity
USB ports	2 x USB 3.0	1 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	no	no
System
CPU	Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core @ 1.8 GHz	Marvell Armada 380 88F6810 @ 1.3 GHz
RAM	1 GB	512 MB
Flash		256 MB
Operating system	Synology DSM	ZyXEL
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 3 A	12 V / 5 A
Consuption	10.68 W / 6.28 W	28 W / 5.5 W
Fans	1 x 60 mm	1 x 80 mm
Noise level	16.4 dB(A)
Features
Specials
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	[blank]	1234

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