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Dell Thecus 4 Bay NAS Enclosure with Battery UPS vs Dell PowerVault NX3500

7specifications compared
6differ
1identical
66known for one product only

Key differences

Storage drive interface
- Thecus 4 Bay NAS Enclosure with Battery UPS:Serial ATA
- PowerVault NX3500:SCSI
Storage drive size
- Thecus 4 Bay NAS Enclosure with Battery UPS:3.5"
- PowerVault NX3500:2.5/3.5"
Processor family
- Thecus 4 Bay NAS Enclosure with Battery UPS:Intel Atom®
- PowerVault NX3500:Intel® Xeon®
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Thecus 4 Bay NAS Enclosure with Battery UPS:5 - 40 °C
- PowerVault NX3500:10 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- Thecus 4 Bay NAS Enclosure with Battery UPS:0 - 80%
- PowerVault NX3500:8 - 85%
Networking features
- Thecus 4 Bay NAS Enclosure with Battery UPS:10/100/1000 Base-TX
- PowerVault NX3500:Gigabit Ethernet

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Comparison of N4200, PowerVault NX3500
73 specifications	A Dell Thecus 4 Bay NAS Enclosure with Battery UPS Model N4200 View product	B Dell PowerVault NX3500 View product
Storage2 differ
Total installed storage capacityKnown for one	0 TB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of storage drives supportedKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive capacityKnown for one	0 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive interfaceDiffers	Serial ATA	SCSI
Storage drive sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5/3.5"
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Hot-swap drive baysKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor1 differ
Processor manufacturerKnown for one	Intel	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor familyDiffers	Intel Atom®	Intel® Xeon®
Processor modelKnown for one	D510	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyKnown for one	1.66 GHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor coresKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor threadsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor cacheKnown for one	1 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bus typeKnown for one	DMI	Unknown — not stated by the source
ECC supported by processorKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Physical Address Extension (PAE)Known for one	32 bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processing Die sizeKnown for one	87 mm²	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor cache typeKnown for one	L2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor codeKnown for one	SLBLA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor codenameKnown for one	Pineview	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor lithographyKnown for one	45 nm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor operating modesKnown for one	64-bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor package sizeKnown for one	22 x 22 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor socketKnown for one	BGA 559	Unknown — not stated by the source
SteppingKnown for one	B0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Thermal Design Power (TDP)Known for one	13 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
TjunctionKnown for one	100 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memory supported by processorKnown for one	4 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)Known for one	6.4 GB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Conflict-Free processorKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of processors installedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Memoryidentical
Internal memoryKnown for one	1 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memory typeKnown for one	DDR2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	2	2
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	6	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
Display typeKnown for one	OLED	Unknown — not stated by the source
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Silver
Processor special featuresidentical
Embedded options availableKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep TechnologyKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Execute Disable BitKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Idle StatesKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel 64Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel Demand Based SwitchingKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel Enhanced Halt StateKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel Trusted Execution TechnologyKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)Known for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)Known for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI)Known for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel® Turbo Boost TechnologyKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of Processing Die TransistorsKnown for one	176 M	Unknown — not stated by the source
Thermal Monitoring TechnologiesKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory channels supported by processorKnown for one	Single	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 40 °C	10 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	0 - 80%	8 - 85%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 65 °C
Other features1 differ
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/7 UNIX/Linux Mac OS 9/X	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking featuresDiffers	10/100/1000 Base-TX	Gigabit Ethernet
Processor ARK IDKnown for one	43098	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	434 x 723 x 42.9 mm
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	120 - 230V
Networkidentical
Wi-FiKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
DHCP clientKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
DHCP serverKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
iSCSI supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CIFS (SMB 1), NFS v3, NDMP V4, SNMP, NTP, iSCSI, DNS, LDAP, NIS
Poweridentical
Power supply unit (PSU) capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	500 W
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	30 kg
Packaging contentidentical
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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