NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch 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 $190.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — unmanaged poe switch against network attached storage — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
NETGEAR
NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch
$109.99
An 83 W PoE budget across all eight ports is generous for the size, and it is the reason to choose this over a 16-port switch with 45 W to share.
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 NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch is for
Buy it if: Small camera or access point installs where the power budget matters more than management.
Avoid it if: Anyone who will need VLANs, port statistics or remote diagnosis later.
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 | NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $109.99 | $299.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 876 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $149 at $0.17 per kWh | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 6 W with no PoE load, 100 W fully loaded | 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 | Fanless, silent | not published |
| Drive bays | not published | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless |
| Management | None -- unmanaged | not published |
| Memory | not published | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB |
| Mounting | Desktop or wall mount | not published |
| Network ports | not published | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation |
| PoE budget | 83 W total across all ports | not published |
| PoE standards | 802.3af and 802.3at | not published |
| Port count | 8 x Gigabit Ethernet, all PoE+ | not published |
| Processor | not published | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz |
| RAID levels | not published | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 |
| Switching capacity | 16 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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