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Buffalo TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524 vs QNAP TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5

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  • 35specifications compared
  • 22differ
  • 13identical
  • 67known for one product only

Key differences

The QNAP TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5 has 2 more processor cores than the Buffalo TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524 (6 vs 4). The QNAP TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5 has 14 GB more internal memory than the Buffalo TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524 (16 GB vs 2 GB). The QNAP TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5 has 122.8 mm more width than the Buffalo TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524 (292.9 mm vs 170.1 mm). Only the Buffalo TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524 has storage drives installed. Installed storage drive type: HDD on the Buffalo TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524, No on the QNAP TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5.

  • Storage drives installed
    • TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524:Yes
    • TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5:No
  • Installed storage drive type
    • TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524:HDD
    • TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5:No
  • Storage drive interface
    • TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524:Serial ATA III
    • TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5:Serial ATA
  • Supported storage drive interfaces
    • TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524:Serial ATA III
    • TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5:Serial ATA
  • RAID levels
    • TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524:0, 1, JBOD
    • TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Processor manufacturer
    • TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524:Annapurna Labs
    • TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5:AMD
  • Processor family
    • TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524:Alpine
    • TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5:AMD Ryzen™ 5
  • Processor cores
    • TeraStation TS3230DN NAS Desktop Alpine AL524:4
    • TVS-H877AX NAS Tower AMD Ryzen™ 5:6

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102 specifications
Storage6 differ
Storage drives installedDiffersYesNo
Installed storage drive typeDiffersHDDNo
Supported storage drive typesHDD & SSDHDD & SSD
Storage drive interfaceDiffersSerial ATA IIISerial ATA
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffersSerial ATA IIISerial ATA
Storage drive sizeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3.5"
Storage drive sizes supportedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2.5,3.5"
Number of M.2 (M & B) slotsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2
RAID supportYesYes
RAID levelsDiffers0, 1, JBOD0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Online RAID expansionKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
RAID rebuildKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Hot-swap drive baysYesYes
Supported file systemsDiffersBTRFSFAT32, HFS+, NTFS, exFAT, ext3, ext4
Disk roamingKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Total installed storage capacityKnown for one16 TBUnknown — not stated by the source
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of storage drives supportedKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive capacityKnown for one2 TBUnknown — not stated by the source
Processor3 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffersAnnapurna LabsAMD
Processor familyDiffersAlpineAMD Ryzen™ 5
Processor generationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceAMD Ryzen 7000 Series
Processor boost frequencyKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5.1 GHz
Processor coresDiffers46
Processor threadsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source12
On-board graphics card modelKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceAMD Radeon Graphics
Processor modelKnown for oneAL524Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyKnown for one2 GHzUnknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Internal memoryDiffers2 GB16 GB
Internal memory typeDiffersDDR4DDR5
Maximum RAM supportedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source192 GB
Memory form factorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceUDIMM
Memory slotsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2
Flash memoryKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5000 MB
Network1 differ
Ethernet LANYesYes
Ethernet LAN data ratesDiffers1000,2500 Mbit/s10,100,1000,2500 Mbit/s
DHCP serverKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Jumbo frames supportKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
iSCSI supportKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Wake-on-LAN readyKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Dynamic DNS (DDNS)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Supported network protocolsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceIPv4, IPv6
Ports & interfacesidentical
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports22
USB portYesYes
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2
HDMI ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
HDMI versionKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1.4b
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
Design1 differ
Chassis typeDiffersDesktopTower
Cooling typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceActive
Product colourBlackBlack
Number of fansKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source4 fan(s)
Fan diameterKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8 cm
Fan diameter 2Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source6 cm
LED indicatorsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceHDD, LAN, Status, SSD
Built-in displayKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Display typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceLCD
Performanceidentical
TypeNASNAS
Device classHome & Home OfficeHome & Home Office
Backup functionYesYes
Backup featuresKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceCloud
BuzzerKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
SnapshotKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Access Control List (ACL)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Browser supportedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceApple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
Built-in FTP serverKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Disk scanKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Hot spareKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
On/off switchYesYes
Reset buttonKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
S.M.A.R.T. supportKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Security algorithmsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source256-bit AES, FIPS 140-2, HTTPS, SNMPv3, SNMPv2
System logKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
USB copy functionKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Web-based managementKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Password authenticationKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Softwareidentical
Operating system installedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceQNAP QTS
Operating system versionKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceQTS 5.2.9
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceWindows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceCentOS 7.0, SuSE Linux 12.0, SuSE Linux 12.3, SuSE Linux 15, Ubuntu 14.04
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceMac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.15.3 Catalina, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur, Mac OS X 12.0 Monterey, Mac OS X 13.0 Ventura
Server operating systems supportedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceWindows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022
Other operating systems supportedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceIBM AIX 7.1, IBM AIX 7.2, Solaris 10
Poweridentical
Power supply locationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceBuilt-in
Power supply unit (PSU) capacityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source500 W
AC input voltage100 - 240 V100 - 240 V
Fan voltageKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source12 V
Power consumption (max)Known for one85 WUnknown — not stated by the source
AC input frequencyKnown for one50/60 HzUnknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions8 differ
WidthDiffers170.1 mm292.9 mm
DepthDiffers170.1 mm319.8 mm
HeightDiffers231.1 mm225 mm
WeightDiffers4.31 kg8.88 kg
Package widthDiffers309.8 mm392 mm
Package depthDiffers320 mm426 mm
Package heightDiffers358.1 mm338 mm
Package weightDiffers5.72 kg11.2 kg
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)0 - 40 °C0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 - 95%
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs10 - 85 °C-20 - 70 °C
Other featuresidentical
Warranty periodKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 year(s)

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