Comparison of Synology DiskStation DS416play 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 | 165 x 203 x 233.2 mm | 207 x 164 x 123 mm | |
| Weight | 2.04 kg | 1.26 kg | |
| Disks | |||
| Disk bays | 4 x 3.5" SATA III | 2 x 3.5" SATA II | |
| RAID | JBOD RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 RAID6 Synology Hybrid RAID |
JBOD RAID0 RAID1 |
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| SSD support | yes | no | |
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| Network | |||
| LAN ports | 2 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 |
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| P2P support | BitTorrent | BitTorrent | |
| Media server | DLNA UPnP iTunes |
DLNA UPnP iTunes |
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| Cloud backup | Amazon S3 Box Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive |
Dropbox Google Drive |
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| Connectivity | |||
| USB ports | 3 x USB 3.0 | 1 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0 |
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| eSATA ports | no | no | |
| System | |||
| CPU | Intel Celeron N3060 dual-core @ 1.6 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 / 7.5 A | 12 V / 5 A | |
| Consuption | 29 W / 12.5 W | 28 W / 5.5 W | |
| Fans | 2 x 92 mm | 1 x 80 mm | |
| Noise level | 19.4 dB(A) | ||
| Features | |||
| Specials | Failover and link aggregation 4k UHD transcoding |
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| Administration | |||
| Default IP | DHCP | DHCP | |
| Default username | admin | admin | |
| Default password | [blank] | 1234 | |
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