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QNAP TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 vs QNAP TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150

145specifications compared
17differ
128identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

The QNAP TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 has 32 TB more total installed storage capacity than the QNAP TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 (96 TB vs 64 TB). The QNAP TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 has 16 more storage drives installed than the QNAP TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 (24 vs 8). The QNAP TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 has 16 more storage drives supported than the QNAP TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 (24 vs 8). Only the QNAP TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 has Wi-Fi. Storage drive interface: Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III on the QNAP TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150, Serial ATA III, mSATA on the QNAP TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150.

Total installed storage capacity
- TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:96 TB
- TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:64 TB
Number of storage drives installed
- TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:24
- TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:8
Number of storage drives supported
- TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:24
- TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:8
Storage drive capacity
- TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:4 TB
- TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:8 TB
Wi-Fi
- TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:No
- TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:Yes
Chassis type
- TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:Rack (4U)
- TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:Rack (2U)
Product colour
- TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:Black, Grey
- TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:Black
Fan diameter
- TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:8 cm
- TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150:6 cm

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Comparison of TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2, TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2
158 specifications	A QNAP TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (4U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 Model TS-EC2480U-I3-4GE-R2 View product	B QNAP TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 NAS Rack (2U) Intel® Core™ i3 i3-4150 Model TS-EC880U-I3-4GE-R2 View product
Storage5 differ
Total installed storage capacityDiffers	96 TB	64 TB
Number of storage drives installedDiffers	24	8
Number of storage drives supportedDiffers	24	8
Storage drive capacityDiffers	4 TB	8 TB
Storage drive interfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III	Serial ATA III, mSATA
Network2 differ
Wi-FiDiffers	No	Yes
Supported network protocolsDiffers	CIFS/SMB, AFP (v3.3), NFS(v3), FTP, FTPS, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP(S), Telnet, SSH, iSCSI, SNMP, SMTP, SMSC	CIFS/SMB, AFP (v3.3), NFS (v3), FTP, FTPS, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP(S), Telnet, SSH, iSCSI, SNMP, SMTP, SMSC
Design3 differ
Chassis typeDiffers	Rack (4U)	Rack (2U)
Product colourDiffers	Black, Grey	Black
Fan diameterDiffers	8 cm	6 cm
Built-in displayKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Cable lock slotKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
Noise levelDiffers	48.3 dB	55.2 dB
Built-in optical driveKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Card reader integratedKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Share folder access right managementKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Built-in UPnP AV media serverKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Software3 differ
Operating system installedDiffers	QNAP Turbo NAS System	QNAP Turbo System
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Yes	Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah, Mac OS X 10.1 Puma, Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Server operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows Server 2003	Windows Home Server 2011, Windows MultiPoint Server 2011, Windows SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows SBS 2011 Standard, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 201
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power1 differ
Power supply unit (PSU) capacityDiffers	650 W	400 W
Number of power supply unitsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	133.88 W
Power consumption (sleep)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	73.38 W
Weight & dimensions1 differ
HeightDiffers	176.2 mm	88 mm
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	14.4 kg
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20.5 kg
Packaging content1 differ
Number of screwsDiffers	192	64

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