APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS is $449.01 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 Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
APC
APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS
$749.00
1500 VA is the apparent power and 1000 W is the real limit -- a load list adding up to 1,200 W will not run on this unit regardless of the VA figure on the box.
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 Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS is for
Buy it if: Server, NAS and workstation loads that need clean shutdown and sine wave output.
Avoid it if: Anyone wanting to keep working through a long outage, who needs a generator or a larger battery bank.
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 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $749.00 | $299.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 307 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $52 at $0.17 per kWh | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 35 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 |
| Battery type | Sealed lead acid, user replaceable | not published |
| 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 |
| Interface | USB and serial, network card slot | 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 / 1000 W | not published |
| Output receptacles | 8 x NEMA 5-15R | 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 7 minutes at 1000 W, about 21 minutes at 500 W | 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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