Buffalo TeraStation 5600 DWR vs Synology DS420+

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TeraStation 5600 DWR

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DS420+

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TeraStation 5600 DWR

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At a glance

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Performance6 differences

RAM

2 GB

Storage (max)

2 GB

Installed storage drive type

HDD

Number of storage drives installed

Number of users

1000 user(s)

2048 user(s)

Chipset

Intel Atom® D2700

Intel® Celeron® J4025

Processor family

Intel Atom®

Intel® Celeron®

Processor frequency

2.13 GHz

2 GHz

Storage drives installed

Yes

Total installed storage capacity

12 TB

16 TB

Design2 differences

Weight

10000 g

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Chassis type

Desktop

Compact

Connectivity3 differences

Number of storage drives supported

Supported network protocols

TCP/IP

SMB1 (CIFS) · SMB2 · SMB3

Supported storage drive types

HDD

HDD & SSD

USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity

General4 differences

Ethernet LAN

Yes

Internal memory type

DDR3

DDR4

Manufacturer Sku

TS5600DWR1206-EU

DS420+/16TB-IW

Model Number

TeraStation 5600 DWR

DS420+

RAID levels

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 51, JBOD

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD

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TeraStation 5600 DWR vs DS420+

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