Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure vs Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure is $50.99 dearer. They are different kinds of product — network attached storage against managed switch — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure vs Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch
Synology
Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure
$599.99
Four bays and ECC memory are the two things that separate this from the two-bay units, and ECC is the one that matters for a machine holding the only copy of anything.
Full details →Cisco
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 →Who the Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure is for
Buy it if: Offices needing four bays, ECC memory and a route to 10 GbE later.
Avoid it if: Media servers relying on hardware transcoding, which this processor cannot do at all.
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.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure | Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $599.99 | $549.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 286 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $49 at $0.17 per kWh | About 166 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $28 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 32.7 W in access, 12.1 W at hibernation | About 19 W typical |
| Warranty | 3-year limited warranty | Limited lifetime hardware warranty |
| Capacity | 4 bay | not published |
| Cooling | not published | Fan cooled |
| Drive bays | 4 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless | not published |
| Expansion slots | 2 x M.2 2280 NVMe for cache | not published |
| Forwarding rate | not published | 41.66 Mpps |
| Layer 3 features | not published | Static routing and inter-VLAN routing |
| Management | not published | Web UI, CLI and Cisco Business Dashboard |
| Memory | 4 GB DDR4 ECC, expandable to 32 GB | not published |
| Network ports | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet, 10 GbE via expansion card | not published |
| PoE budget | not published | None -- see the 24P and 24FP variants |
| Port count | not published | 24 x Gigabit Ethernet plus 4 x SFP |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen R1600 dual-core 2.6 GHz | not published |
| Rack units | not published | 1U |
| RAID levels | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 | not published |
| Switching capacity | not published | 56 Gbps |
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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