Comparison of Synology DiskStation DS216j and Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra
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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 Synology DiskStation DS216j (DS216J) |
 Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra (WDBVBZ0000NCH) |
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| Launch | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Class | Small office / Home office | Small office / Home office | |
| Body | |||
| Dimensions | 165 x 100 x 225.5 mm | 165 x 157 x 99 mm | |
| Weight | 880 g | 800 g | |
| Disks | |||
| Disk bays | 2 x 3.5" SATA III | 2 x 3.5" SATA III | |
| RAID | JBOD RAID0 RAID1 Synology Hybrid RAID |
JBOD RAID0 RAID1 |
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| SSD support | yes | no | |
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| 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 ISCSI SFTP WEBDAV |
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| P2P support | BitTorrent eMule |
BitTorrent eMule |
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| Media server | DLNA UPnP iTunes |
DLNA UPnP iTunes |
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| Cloud backup | Amazon S3 Box Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive |
Amazon S3 Dropbox ElephantDrive |
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| Connectivity | |||
| USB ports | 2 x USB 3.0 | 2 x USB 3.0 | |
| eSATA ports | no | no | |
| System | |||
| CPU | Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core @ 1 GHz | Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core @ 1.3 GHz | |
| RAM | 512 MB | 1 GB DDR3 | |
| Flash | |||
| Operating system | Synology DSM | WD My Cloud OS | |
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| Power | |||
| Power supply | 12 V / 5 A | 12 V / 4 A | |
| Consuption | 14.85 W / 6.95 W | ||
| Fans | 1 x 92 mm | fanless | |
| Noise level | 18.2 dB(A) | ||
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| Specials | |||
| Administration | |||
| Default IP | DHCP | DHCP | |
| Default username | admin | admin | |
| Default password | [blank] | [blank] | |
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