Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure vs Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure is $330.99 dearer. They are different kinds of product — network attached storage against laptop docking station — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure vs Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station
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 →Dell
Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station
$269.00
The 180 W in the name is the power supply, not what reaches the laptop -- 130 W goes to the notebook and the rest runs the dock and its ports.
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 Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station is for
Buy it if: Mixed laptop fleets where one dock has to work with more than one vendor.
Avoid it if: Thunderbolt-only workflows needing maximum display bandwidth from a single cable.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure | Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $599.99 | $269.00 |
| Rated power | About 32.7 W in access, 12.1 W at hibernation | About 180 W adapter |
| Warranty | 3-year limited warranty | 3-year limited hardware warranty |
| Annual energy use | About 286 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $49 at $0.17 per kWh | not published |
| Audio | not published | 3.5 mm combo jack |
| Capacity | 4 bay | not published |
| Display outputs | not published | 2 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 1 x USB-C |
| Drive bays | 4 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless | not published |
| Expansion slots | 2 x M.2 2280 NVMe for cache | not published |
| Host connection | not published | USB-C, DisplayPort Alt Mode |
| Maximum displays | not published | Up to 3, subject to laptop support |
| Memory | 4 GB DDR4 ECC, expandable to 32 GB | not published |
| Network ports | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet, 10 GbE via expansion card | not published |
| Networking | not published | Gigabit Ethernet with MAC pass-through |
| Power delivery | not published | 130 W to the notebook from a 180 W adapter |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen R1600 dual-core 2.6 GHz | not published |
| RAID levels | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 | not published |
| USB ports | not published | 3 x USB-A 3.1, 2 x USB-C |
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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