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Product comparison · 2 nas & storage servers

QNAP ES1686dc R2 vs QNAP TS-H966TX NAS Tower Intel® Core™ i3

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  • 53specifications compared
  • 33differ
  • 20identical
  • 55known for one product only

Key differences

The QNAP ES1686dc R2 has 7 more storage drives supported than the QNAP TS-H966TX NAS Tower Intel® Core™ i3 (16 vs 9). The QNAP TS-H966TX NAS Tower Intel® Core™ i3 has 2.5 GHz more processor frequency than the QNAP ES1686dc R2 (4.4 GHz vs 1.9 GHz). The QNAP TS-H966TX NAS Tower Intel® Core™ i3 has 1.4 GHz more processor boost frequency than the QNAP ES1686dc R2 (4.4 GHz vs 3 GHz). Only the QNAP TS-H966TX NAS Tower Intel® Core™ i3 has storage drives installed. Supported storage drive interfaces: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) on the QNAP ES1686dc R2, Serial ATA, U.2 on the QNAP TS-H966TX NAS Tower Intel® Core™ i3.

  • Storage drives installed
    • No
    • Yes
  • Number of storage drives supported
    • 16
    • 9
  • Supported storage drive interfaces
    • Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
    • Serial ATA, U.2
  • Storage drive sizes supported
    • 2.5,3.5"
    • 2.5,3.5,U.2
  • RAID levels
    • 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
    • JBOD, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Processor family
    • Intel® Xeon® D
    • Intel® Core™ i3
  • Processor frequency
    • 1.9 GHz
    • 4.4 GHz
  • Processor boost frequency
    • 3 GHz
    • 4.4 GHz

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TS-H966TX NAS Tower Intel® Core™ i3

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Storage5 differ
Storage drives installedDiffersNoYes
Number of storage drives supportedDiffers169
Supported storage drive typesHDD & SSDHDD & SSD
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffersSerial Attached SCSI (SAS)Serial ATA, U.2
Storage drive sizes supportedDiffers2.5,3.5"2.5,3.5,U.2
RAID supportYesYes
RAID levelsDiffers0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60JBOD, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Supported file systemsKnown for oneext3, ext4, FAT32, HFS+, NTFS, exFAT
Total installed storage capacityKnown for one0 TB
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one0
Installed storage drive typeKnown for oneNo
Storage drive capacityKnown for one0 GB
Online RAID migrationKnown for oneYes
Online RAID expansionKnown for oneYes
Hot-swap drive baysKnown for oneYes
Processor4 differ
Processor manufacturerIntelIntel
Processor familyDiffersIntel® Xeon® DIntel® Core™ i3
Processor frequencyDiffers1.9 GHz4.4 GHz
Processor boost frequencyDiffers3 GHz4.4 GHz
Processor coresDiffers86
On-board graphics card modelKnown for oneIntel® UHD Graphics
Processor modelKnown for oneD-2142IT
Memory5 differ
Internal memoryDiffers48 GB8 GB
Internal memory typeDiffersDDR4DDR5
Maximum RAM supportedDiffers512 GB64 GB
Memory form factorDiffersRDIMM/LRDIMMSO-DIMM
Memory slotsDiffers82
Flash memory4000 MB4000 MB
ECCKnown for oneYes
Network2 differ
Ethernet LANYesYes
Ethernet LAN data ratesDiffers10,100,1000 Mbit/s100,1000,2500,10000 Mbit/s
Ethernet LAN data rate supported (max)Known for one10000 Mbit/s
DHCP serverKnown for oneYes
iSCSI supportYesYes
Dynamic DNS (DDNS)Known for oneYes
Link aggregationKnown for oneYes
Supported network protocolsDiffersCIFS/SMB2/SMB3, NFS v3/NFS v4.1, FTP, FTPS, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, SNMP, SMTP, SMSCIPv4, IPv6
Jumbo frames supportKnown for oneYes
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers32
USB portKnown for oneYes
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one2
Fiber ports quantityKnown for one4
Fiber optic connectorKnown for oneSFP+
PCI Express x8 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one2
Design5 differ
Chassis typeDiffersRack (3U)Tower
Cooling typeActiveActive
Product colourDiffersBlack, GreyBlack
Number of fansDiffers2 fan(s)1 fan(s)
Fan diameterDiffers6 cm14 cm
LED indicatorsDiffersYesHDD, SSD, LAN, USB, Status
Fan diameter 2Known for one6 cm
Performance1 differ
TypeNASNAS
Device classDiffersLarge Enterprise BusinessSmall & Medium Business
Backup functionYesYes
Backup featuresKnown for oneCloud, iSCSI LUN, USB drive
BuzzerYesYes
Multilingual supportYesYes
Number of usersKnown for one4096 user(s)
SnapshotKnown for oneYes
Management protocolsKnown for oneSNMP V2, V3
Share folder access right managementKnown for oneYes
Access Control List (ACL)YesYes
Browser supportedKnown for oneApple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
Built-in FTP serverKnown for oneYes
Disk scanKnown for oneYes
Hot spareYesYes
On/off switchYesYes
Reset buttonYesYes
S.M.A.R.T. supportYesYes
Share folderKnown for one250 TB
System logKnown for oneYes
USB copy functionKnown for oneYes
Software1 differ
Operating system installedDiffersQNAP QESQNAP QTS
Operating system versionKnown for one5.2.9
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneWindows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for oneUbuntu 14.04
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for oneMac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Server operating systems supportedKnown for oneWindows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Core, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 Core, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Ser
Other operating systems supportedKnown for oneLinux, Solaris 10
Power4 differ
Power supply locationDiffersBuilt-inExternal
Power supply unit (PSU) capacityDiffers700 W150 W
Number of power supply units11
Power consumption (typical)Differs500.87 W55.186 W
AC input voltageDiffers90-264 V100 to 240
Redundant power supply (RPS) supportKnown for oneYes
Fan voltageKnown for one12 V
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers483.1 mm224.6 mm
DepthDiffers630.6 mm223.6 mm
HeightDiffers132 mm182.7 mm
WeightKnown for one3.57 kg
Package weightDiffers32.7 kg5.08 kg
Package widthKnown for one587 mm
Package depthKnown for one750 mm
Package heightKnown for one351 mm
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)0 - 40 °C0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)5 - 95%5 - 95%
Storage temperature (T-T)-20 - 70 °C-20 - 70 °C
Logistics dataidentical
Master (outer) case widthKnown for one250 mm
Master (outer) case lengthKnown for one380 mm
Master (outer) case heightKnown for one340 mm
Master (outer) case gross weightKnown for one5.08 kg
Products per master (outer) caseKnown for one2 pc(s)
Other features1 differ
Warranty periodDiffers5 year(s)3 year(s)
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for oneAC, LAN (RJ-45), RS-232
Power cables quantityKnown for one2
Rack mount kitKnown for oneYes
Number of screwsKnown for one64
Package typeKnown for oneBox

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