----- Original Message ----- > Le 2014/01/03 16:02 +0100, Roman Naumenko a écrit: > > Power is 200W, I can live with that. > > I'll be pedantic on this point, as I've researched it for my own > little > home NAS and checked with a power meter :-) > 200W is the *max* power rating. The enclosure itself, with its couple > of > LEDs and fans, will use about nothing. The actual use depends on the > disks, and for a modern 3.5" disk, is about ~10w (specs for my > Seagates > say around 13, IIRC). My 8-disk enclosure uses about 70-80w, > depending > on the level of use. > So buying a noisy HP or a silent IcyBox will just consume the same > amount of electricity if they're fitted with the same disks inside. > > My 0,02€,
Ok, thanks for this clarification. Its obvious that vendor provides max power consumption. Which box did you buy for you storage, MSAxx? (or is it just server with the disks). --Roman _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
