Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE 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 $100.99 dearer. They are different kinds of product — managed poe switch against network attached storage — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
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 →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 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.
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 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199.00 | $299.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 480 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $82 at $0.17 per kWh | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 7 W with no PoE load, 55 W fully loaded | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation |
| Warranty | 1-year limited 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 |
| Input voltage | 100 to 240 V AC, external power supply | not published |
| Management | UniFi Network controller, self-hosted or Cloud Key | not published |
| Memory | not published | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB |
| Mounting | Desktop or wall mount, no rack ears supplied | not published |
| Network ports | not published | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation |
| PoE budget | 45 W total across all PoE ports | not published |
| PoE standards | 802.3af and 802.3at | not published |
| Port count | 16 x Gigabit Ethernet, 8 with 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 | 32 Gbps non-blocking | 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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