Product comparison · 2 nas & storage servers

QNAP TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324 vs QNAP TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124

79specifications compared
39differ
40identical
87known for one product only

Key differences

The QNAP TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324 has 3 TB more total installed storage capacity than the QNAP TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124 (3 TB vs 0 TB). The QNAP TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324 has 3 more storage drives installed than the QNAP TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124 (3 vs 0). The QNAP TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124 has 3 more storage drives supported than the QNAP TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324 (9 vs 6). Only the QNAP TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324 has storage drives installed. Installed storage drive type: HDD on the QNAP TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324, No on the QNAP TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124.

Storage drives installed
- TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324:Yes
- TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124:No
Total installed storage capacity
- TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324:3 TB
- TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124:0 TB
Number of storage drives installed
- TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324:3
- TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124:0
Number of storage drives supported
- TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324:6
- TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124:9
Installed storage drive type
- TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324:HDD
- TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124:No
Storage drive capacity
- TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324:1 TB
- TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124:0 GB
Storage drive sizes supported
- TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324:2.5,3.5,M.2
- TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124:2.5,3.5"
RAID levels
- TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324:0, 1, 5, JBOD
- TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD

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Comparison of TS-332X-4G, TS-983XU
166 specifications	A QNAP TS-332X-4G NAS Tower Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-324 Model TS-332X-4G View product	B QNAP TS-983XU NAS Rack (1U) Intel® Xeon® E-2124 Model TS-983XU View product
Storage9 differ
Storage drives installedDiffers	Yes	No
Total installed storage capacityDiffers	3 TB	0 TB
Number of storage drives installedDiffers	3	0
Number of storage drives supportedDiffers	6	9
Installed storage drive typeDiffers	HDD	No
Storage drive capacityDiffers	1 TB	0 GB
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	M.2, Serial ATA III	Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III
Storage drive sizes supportedDiffers	2.5,3.5,M.2	2.5,3.5"
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, JBOD	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD
Bad block scanKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Disk roamingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Storage drive interfaceKnown for one	Serial ATA II	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of M.2 (M & B) slotsKnown for one	3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor3 differ
Processor manufacturerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel
Processor familyDiffers	Annapurna Labs	Intel® Xeon®
Processor modelDiffers	Alpine AL-324	E-2124
Processor frequencyDiffers	1.7 GHz	3.3 GHz
Processor boost frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.3 GHz
Processor threadsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Processor cacheKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Bus typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DMI3
CPU configuration (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
PCI Express configurationsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.0
Processor cache typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Smart Cache
Processor codenameKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Coffee Lake
Processor lithographyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	14 nm
Processor operating modesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	64-bit
Processor package sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	37.5 x 37.5 mm
Processor socketKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LGA 1151 (Socket H4)
ScalabilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1S
System bus rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	71 W
TjunctionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100 °C
Maximum internal memory supported by processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	128 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	41.6 GB/s
Processor architectureKnown for one	ARM Cortex-A57	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory4 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	4 GB	8 GB
Maximum RAM supportedDiffers	16 GB	64 GB
ECCKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Memory form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	UDIMM
Memory slotsDiffers	1	4
Flash memoryDiffers	512 MB	5000 MB
Memory clock speedKnown for one	2400 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network2 differ
Ethernet LAN data ratesDiffers	10,100,1000,10000 Mbit/s	10,100,1000 Mbit/s
Jumbo frames supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Wake-on-LAN readyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Fault toleranceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Link aggregationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Load balancing systemKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Supported network protocolsDiffers	CIFS/SMB, AFP (v3.3), NFS(v3), FTP, FTPS, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP(S), Telnet, SSH, iSCSI, SNMP, SMTP, SMSC	TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6
WLAN adapter supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Ports & interfaces2 differ
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	3	4
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Fiber ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Concurrent connectionsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10000
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
3.5 mm (1/8-inch) outKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design5 differ
Chassis typeDiffers	Tower	Rack (1U)
Product colourDiffers	Grey, White	Black
Number of fansDiffers	1 fan(s)	3 fan(s)
Fan diameterDiffers	14 cm	4 cm
LED indicatorsDiffers	HDD, LAN, Power, SSD, Status, USB	HDD, LAN, SSD, Status
Built-in displayKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance2 differ
Backup featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	iSCSI LUN
Noise levelDiffers	20.4 dB	29.1 dB
SnapshotKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Management protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SNMP 2/3
Web-based managementKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Access Control List (ACL)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Browser supportedDiffers	Apple Safari 7 or later, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or later, Mozilla Firefox	Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox
Security algorithmsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256-bit AES, FIPS 140-2, HTTPS, SSH, SSL/TLS
Share folderKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CIFS/SMB
Device classKnown for one	Home & Home Office	Unknown — not stated by the source
Backup buttonKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Built-in BitTorrent clientKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Disk scanKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB copy functionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Software6 differ
Operating system installedDiffers	QNAP Turbo System	QNAP QTS
Operating system versionDiffers	4.3.4	5.0.0
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8	Windows 10, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 IOT Core, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 10 x64, Windows 11, Windows 11 x64, Windows 7, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterpri
Linux operating systems supportedDiffers	Yes	CentOS 7.0, SuSE Linux 12.0, SuSE Linux 12.3, SuSE Linux 15, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Mac 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 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks	Mac 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 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur
Server operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 x64, Windows Server 2012 x64, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2016 x64	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
Other operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IBM AIX 7.1, IBM AIX 7.2, Solaris 10, Solaris 11
Power2 differ
Power supply unit (PSU) capacityDiffers	90 W	250 W
Number of power supply unitsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Power consumption (typical)Differs	26.22 W	74.35 W
Power supply locationKnown for one	External	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (HDD standby)Known for one	18.56 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	150 mm	482.6 mm
DepthDiffers	260.1 mm	484.1 mm
HeightDiffers	142 mm	43.3 mm
WeightDiffers	1.64 kg	7.48 kg
Package weightKnown for one	2.69 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Power cables quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Number of screwsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	52
External power adapterKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor special featuresidentical
Embedded options availableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep TechnologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Execute Disable BitKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Idle StatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel 64Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel Enhanced Halt StateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel Secure Key Technology versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.00
Intel TSX-NIKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel TSX-NI versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.00
Intel Trusted Execution TechnologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Intel® OS GuardKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel® Secure KeyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Intel® Turbo Boost TechnologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.0
Maximum number of PCI Express lanesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16
Thermal Monitoring TechnologiesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Memory channels supported by processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Dual
Memory types supported by processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DDR4-SDRAM
Operational conditionsidentical
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	-20 - 70 °C
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84714100
Other featuresidentical
Fibre ChannelKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Processor ARK IDKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	134856

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