Re: Rack Mount 4U - Lots of Drives?

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark McCall wrote:

> > What, even when spinning up a full complement of hard discs at
power on?
> The highest figure I can get for my config is 140W
> http://resources.mini-box.com/online/powersimulator/powersimulator.html


Those will be power figures once the machine is up and running. The
drives will suck in huge (*) gobs of current when the discs start to
spin at power up.

(*) and yet I have no idea how much :-)


I expect most PSUs can cope with a short peak of current at startup, but
some headroom never hurts...

Jim