Network attached storage (NAS) comparison

		Taurus LAN	Pleiades Giga LAN	PD-SATA USB/GbE	PD-SATA USB/LAN
HARDWARE FEATURES	CPU	32bit / 300MHz (RISC architecture)	32bit / 300MHz (RISC architecture)	16bit / 250MHz (RISC architecture)	16bit / 150MHz (RISC architecture)
	Memory	128MB SDRAM	64MB SDRAM	32MB SDRAM	8MB SDRAM
	Throughput	SMB: Read ±11.5MB/s SMB: Write ±8.5MB/s FTP: Read ±25MB/s FTP: Write ±10MB/s	SMB: Read ±15.5MB/s SMB: Write ±11.5MB/s FTP: Read ±12.5MB/s FTP: Write ±12MB/s	SMB: Read ±17MB/s SMB: Write ±10MB/s FTP: Read ±20MB/s FTP: Write ±10MB/s	SMB: Read ±6.5MB/s SMB: Write ±7.5MB/s FTP: Read ±6.5MB/s FTP: Write ±8MB/s
	Interface	10/100/1000 Ethernet USB 2.0 host	10/100/1000 Ethernet USB 2.0 host USB 2.0 device	10/100/1000 Ethernet USB 2.0 host (printers only) USB 2.0 device	10/100 Ethernet USB 2.0 device (GL830)
	HDD interface	SATA x2	SATA x1	SATA x1	SATA x1
SOFTWARE FEATURES	Operating system	MontaVista Linux 2.6	MontaVista Linux 2.6	UCOS2	Micro COS Linux
	Networking and routing	LAN interface: Ethernet DHCP server DHCP client NTP client	LAN interface: Ethernet DHCP server DHCP client NTP client	LAN interface: Ethernet DHCP server DHCP client NTP client	LAN interface: Ethernet DHCP server DHCP client NTP client
	IP support	TCP UDP	TCP UDP	TCP UDP	TCP
	File server	CIFS protocol One or two SATA HDDs with EXT2, EXT3 or FAT32 file system One or two USB hard drives with EXT2, EXT3 or FAT32 file system	CIFS protocol One SATA HDD with EXT2, EXT3, NTFS or FAT32 file system One USB hard drive with EXT2, EXT3, NTFS or FAT32 file system	CIFS protocol One SATA HDD with FAT32 file system	CIFS protocol One SATA HDD with FAT32 file system
	Applications	FTP server NFS server UPnP	FTP server NFS server UPnP	FTP server NFS server UPnP	FTP server NFS server
	Network services	DHCP server UPnP Bonjour iTunes BitTorrent client	DHCP server UPnP Bonjour iTunes BitTorrent client	DHCP server UPnP Xbox 360 media server PlayStation 3 media server iTunes music server BitTorrent client	DHCP server Xbox 360 media server
	Printer server	Yes	Yes	Yes (LPD/LPR)	No
	System management	Web interface management Remote upgrade System reset and factory reset Statistics information Software reset Disk check Format utility Windows setup utility Log files	Web interface management Remote upgrade System reset and factory reset Statistics information Software reset Disk check Format utility Windows setup utility Log files	Web interface management Remote upgrade System reset and factory reset Software reset Disk check Format utility Windows & Mac setup utility	Web interface management Remote upgrade System reset and factory reset Statistics information Software reset Disk check Format utility Windows setup utility
	RAID	0/1/JBOD	N/A	N/A	N/A