Comparison of Western Digital My Cloud DL2100 and Synology DiskStation DS916+
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 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Class | Small office / Home office | Small / Medium business | |
| Body | |||
| Dimensions | 216.1 x 108.6 x 147.80 mm | 165 x 203 x 233.2 mm | |
| Weight | 2.95 kg | 2.04 kg | |
| Disks | |||
| Disk bays | 2 x 3.5" SATA III | 4 x 3.5" SATA III | |
| RAID | JBOD RAID0 RAID1 |
JBOD RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 RAID6 Synology Hybrid RAID |
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| SSD support | no | yes | |
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| Network | |||
| LAN ports | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet | |
| Wireless | no | yes, with USB dongle | |
| Protocols | AFP CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV |
AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV |
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| P2P support | BitTorrent eMule |
BitTorrent | |
| Media server | DLNA UPnP iTunes |
DLNA UPnP iTunes |
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| Cloud backup | Amazon S3 Dropbox ElephantDrive |
Amazon S3 Box Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive |
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| Connectivity | |||
| USB ports | 2 x USB 3.0 | 3 x USB 3.0 | |
| eSATA ports | no | 1 x eSATA | |
| System | |||
| CPU | Intel Atom C2350 dual-core @ 1.7 GHz | Intel Pentium N3710 quad-core @ 1.6 GHz | |
| RAM | 1 GB (upgradable) | 2 / 8 GB | |
| Flash | |||
| Operating system | WD My Cloud OS | Synology DSM | |
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| Power | |||
| Power supply | 12 V / 4 A | 12 V / 8.33 A | |
| Consuption | 30 W / 13 W | ||
| Fans | 1 x 80 mm | 1 x 92 mm | |
| Noise level | 19.4 dB(A) | ||
| Features | |||
| Specials | Failover and link aggregation | VMWare Ready Failover and link aggregation DX513 Expansion Unit |
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| Administration | |||
| Default IP | DHCP | DHCP | |
| Default username | admin | admin | |
| Default password | [blank] | [blank] | |
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