Comparison of ZyXEL NAS540 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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ZyXEL NAS540 (NAS540) |
QNAP TS-231 (TS-231) |
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Launch | 2015 | 2015 | |
Class | Small office / Home office | Small office / Home office | |
Body | |||
Dimensions | 190 x 225 x 160 mm | 169 x 102 x 219 mm | |
Weight | 2 kg | 1.28 kg | |
Disks | |||
Disk bays | 4 x 3.5" SATA II | 2 x 3.5" SATA III | |
RAID | JBOD RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 RAID6 |
JBOD RAID0 RAID1 |
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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 | CIFS/SMB FTP HTTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV |
AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS WEBDAV |
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P2P support | BitTorrent | BitTorrent | |
Media server | DLNA Squeezebox UPnP iTunes |
DLNA iTunes |
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Cloud backup | Dropbox Google Drive |
Amazon S3 Dropbox Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive |
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Connectivity | |||
USB ports | 3 x USB 3.0 | 3 x USB 3.0 | |
eSATA ports | no | 1 x eSATA | |
System | |||
CPU | Freescale FS1024 dual-core @ 1.2 GHz | Freescale ARMv7 Cortex-A9 dual-core @ 1.2GHz | |
RAM | 1 GB DDR3 | 512 MB | |
Flash | 256 MB | 512 MB | |
Operating system | ZyXEL | QNAP QTS | |
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Power | |||
Power supply | 12 V / 5 A | 12 V / 5 A | |
Consuption | 36.5 W / 14.8 W | 20.56 W / 9.78 W | |
Fans | 1 x 120 mm | 1 x 70 mm | |
Noise level | 15.4 dB(A) | ||
Features | |||
Specials | Failover and link aggregation SD card reader |
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Administration | |||
Default IP | DHCP | DHCP | |
Default username | admin | admin | |
Default password | 1234 | admin |
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