Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is $100.99 dearer. They are different kinds of product — network attached storage against managed poe switch — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
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 →Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
$199.00
Sixteen gigabit ports, but only eight deliver PoE and they share a 45 W budget between them -- that is the number that decides whether this switch fits, not the port count.
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 Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE is for
Buy it if: A small office running up to eight access points that wants one silent switch and the UniFi controller.
Avoid it if: Anyone powering cameras or door controllers as well, who needs a larger PoE budget rather than more ports.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure | Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $299.99 | $199.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh | About 480 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $82 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation | About 7 W with no PoE load, 55 W fully loaded |
| Warranty | 2-year limited warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Capacity | 2 bay | not published |
| Cooling | not published | Fanless, silent |
| Drive bays | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless | not published |
| Input voltage | not published | 100 to 240 V AC, external power supply |
| Management | not published | UniFi Network controller, self-hosted or Cloud Key |
| Memory | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB | not published |
| Mounting | not published | Desktop or wall mount, no rack ears supplied |
| Network ports | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation | not published |
| PoE budget | not published | 45 W total across all PoE ports |
| PoE standards | not published | 802.3af and 802.3at |
| Port count | not published | 16 x Gigabit Ethernet, 8 with PoE+ |
| Processor | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz | not published |
| RAID levels | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 | not published |
| Switching capacity | not published | 32 Gbps non-blocking |
| 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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