Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch is $249.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — managed switch against network attached storage — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
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Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch
$549.00
The 24T in the model number means twenty-four data ports and no PoE at all -- the PoE variants are the 24P and 24FP, and buying this one for access points is the common and expensive mistake.
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 Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch is for
Buy it if: Sites aggregating several access switches over fiber and wanting Cisco management without licensing.
Avoid it if: Anyone powering access points or cameras, who needs a 24P or 24FP instead.
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 | Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $549.00 | $299.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 166 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $28 at $0.17 per kWh | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 19 W typical | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation |
| Warranty | Limited lifetime hardware warranty | 2-year limited warranty |
| Capacity | not published | 2 bay |
| Cooling | Fan cooled | not published |
| Drive bays | not published | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless |
| Forwarding rate | 41.66 Mpps | not published |
| Layer 3 features | Static routing and inter-VLAN routing | not published |
| Management | Web UI, CLI and Cisco Business Dashboard | not published |
| Memory | not published | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB |
| Network ports | not published | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation |
| PoE budget | None -- see the 24P and 24FP variants | not published |
| Port count | 24 x Gigabit Ethernet plus 4 x SFP | not published |
| Processor | not published | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz |
| Rack units | 1U | not published |
| RAID levels | not published | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 |
| Switching capacity | 56 Gbps | 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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