APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is $70.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — line interactive ups against network attached storage — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
APC
APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector
$229.99
A consumer-grade sibling of the Smart-UPS at a third of the price, and the difference is where it matters: 900 W against 1000 W, and a much shorter warranty on the electronics.
Full details →Synology
Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
$299.99
Sold without drives, which is the first thing to budget for -- two 8 TB NAS drives cost more than the enclosure does.
Full details →Who the APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector is for
Buy it if: Workstations and small NAS units that need sine wave backup without a rack-grade unit.
Avoid it if: Server closets, where the shorter warranty and lighter build are a poor trade.
Who the Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is for
Buy it if: Small offices wanting file shares, backup targets and Synology Drive on hardware they own.
Avoid it if: Anyone treating RAID as a backup, or expecting 4K transcoding for media serving.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $229.99 | $299.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 219 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $37 at $0.17 per kWh | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 25 W self-consumption at idle | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation |
| Warranty | 3-year limited warranty | 2-year limited warranty |
| Capacity | not published | 2 bay |
| Drive bays | not published | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless |
| Input plug | NEMA 5-15P, 120 V | not published |
| Memory | not published | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB |
| Network ports | not published | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation |
| Output rating | 1500 VA / 900 W | not published |
| Output receptacles | 10 x NEMA 5-15R, 5 battery backed | not published |
| Output waveform | True sine wave | not published |
| Processor | not published | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz |
| RAID levels | not published | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 |
| Topology | Line interactive with automatic voltage regulation | not published |
| Typical runtime | About 6 minutes at 900 W, about 19 minutes at 450 W | not published |
| USB charging | 2 ports, 5 V | not published |
| USB ports | not published | 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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