Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure vs APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector
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 — network attached storage against line interactive ups — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure vs APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector
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 →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 →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.
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.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure | APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $299.99 | $229.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh | About 219 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $37 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation | About 25 W self-consumption at idle |
| Warranty | 2-year limited warranty | 3-year limited warranty |
| Capacity | 2 bay | not published |
| Drive bays | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless | not published |
| Input plug | not published | NEMA 5-15P, 120 V |
| Memory | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB | not published |
| Network ports | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation | not published |
| Output rating | not published | 1500 VA / 900 W |
| Output receptacles | not published | 10 x NEMA 5-15R, 5 battery backed |
| Output waveform | not published | True sine wave |
| Processor | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz | not published |
| RAID levels | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 | not published |
| Topology | not published | Line interactive with automatic voltage regulation |
| Typical runtime | not published | About 6 minutes at 900 W, about 19 minutes at 450 W |
| USB charging | not published | 2 ports, 5 V |
| USB ports | 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 | not published |
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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