The Synology DS216J versus The QNAP TS-228 – Budget NAS Face off,

The Battle of the Budget NAS from Synology and QNAP

 Another Budget NAS faceoff – This time New Synology vs New QNAP. Regarding general Performance, the DS216J unlike the TS-228 is made by Synology. People often choose Synology because of user friendly interface as well as being suited for Mac and Windows based environments. It is relatively easy to set up and use, and those who are new to Network Attached Storage are advised to go for the Synology. Unlike the TS-228 this box has the Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core 1.0GHz processor. Another key difference between the TS-228 is RAM. DS216J arrives with 512MB RAM. It has 512MB RAM which is enough for home environments to do very simple tasks. The DS216J 512MB RAM compared with TS-228 1GB is clearly weaker.

There is one LAN port on this box, making it a simple home NAS. Two USB3 ports on this Synology is offering you up to 5Gb/s transfer speeds of external devices. It is fast enough to get your files through fairly quickly with this speed and make backing up with an external drive or Apple Time Machine a quick and easy process.

With two bay unit you are having additional advantages. You may choose your box to be set up as JBOD, RAID0 or RAID1. RAID 0 would be good for non-critical storage of data when you need it to read and written at high speeds. It could give you good performance. Besides you can still access your documents or media files over your private network or even internet.

This box comes with 2 year warranty for your peace of mind and long term hardware security. This Synology is £10.00 cheaper than the most expensive unit TS-228.

And now on the QNAP TS-228 NAS

 The TS-228 unlike the DS216J is made by Qnap. By choosing Qnap people expect to see advanced configurations opportunities as well as innovative and more diverse business applications. You are able to customize the TS-228 to your needs. This unit also arrives with a One-touch Backup button on the front panel, when it is configured on the TS-228, it can be used to backup data off of the USB device, or vice versa. Unlike the DS216J this box has the ARM® v7 1.1 GHz Dual-core processor. Another key difference between the DS216J is RAM. TS-228 arrives with 1GB RAM. Size of 1GB makes TS-228 the best regards to RAM capacity.

There is one LAN port on this box, making it a simple home NAS. One USB3 port on this Qnap is offering you up to 5Gb/s transfer speeds of external devices. It is fast enough to get your files through fairly quickly with this speed and make backing up with an external drive or Apple Time Machine a quick and easy process.

 With two bay unit you are having additional advantages. You may choose your box to be set up as JBOD, RAID0 or RAID1. RAID 0 would be good for non-critical storage of data when you need it to read and written at high speeds. It could give you good performance. Besides you can still access your documents or media files over your private network or even internet.

Price And Warranty

This box comes with 2 year warranty for your peace of mind and long term hardware security. This is the most expensive box with the price tag £126.00.

Model	The Synology DS216J Released March 2016	The QNAP TS-228 Released April 2016
What is the same?	Both units are: DLNA Certified Both can be used for Backup Images Both support migration with 3rd Party Cloud Services Both support JBOD, RAID 0, and RAID 1 Both are compatible with Windows and Mac Environments Both have multiple IOS and Android Apps available Both have Multi-Lingual Language Support Both use an EXT 4 internal File System Both have low power, hibernation and fan control
Price	£115	£126
CPU	Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core 1.0GHz	ARM® v7 1.1 GHz Dual-core
Memory	512MB RAM	1GB RAM Also features a 4GB Flash memory to keep the OS up and running
Hot Swappable	NO – internal install	NO – internal install
MAX Drive Size	8TB	8TB
Ports	2X USB 3.0	1 X USB 3.0 (Front) One Touch Copy SD Copy 1 X USB 2.0 (Rear)
Power Consumption	14.85 W (Access) 6.95 W (HDD Hibernation)	In operation: 13.24W HDD standby: 6.05W
Read and Write	112.75 MB/sec Read 97.6 MB/sec Write	99 MB/sec Read 64 MB/sec Write
Noise whilst in operation	18.2 dB(A)	17.0 dB(A)
Surveillance NAS spec	1.    Includes 2 free camera licenses, up to 10 camera channels via additional license purchase	1.    Includes 2 free camera licenses, up to 8 camera channels via additional license purchase

 

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