Comparison of Thecus N2560 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	2013	2015
Class	Small office / Home office	Small office / Home office
Body
Dimensions	166 x 114 x 210 mm	169 x 102 x 219 mm
Weight	1.35 kg	1.28 kg
Disks
Disk bays	2 x 3.5" SATA II	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	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP NFS	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV
P2P support	BitTorrent	BitTorrent
Media server	DLNA UPnP iTunes	DLNA iTunes
Cloud backup	Amazon S3 Dropbox ElephantDrive	Amazon S3 Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive
Connectivity
USB ports	2 x USB 2.0 1 x USB 3.0	3 x USB 3.0
eSATA ports	no	1 x eSATA
System
CPU	Intel Atom CE5315 dual-core @ 1.2 GHz	Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2GHz
RAM	2 GB DDR3	512 MB
Flash	4 GB	512 MB
Operating system	Thecus OS 6	QNAP QTS
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 3.33 A	12 V / 5 A
Consuption	14 W / 9 W	20.56 W / 9.78 W
Fans	1 x 80 mm	1 x 70 mm
Noise level	20 dB(A)	15.4 dB(A)
Features
Specials	HDMI output Audio output (S/PDIF)
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	admin	admin

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