RE: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

:-P GIT!!!!

Not quite... ;-)

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 31 August 2007 19:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
>
> 3 giga Watts?  ;)
>
> ... and you need your own coal fired power station in the back garden!
>
> Paul.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Phil Harris
> > Sent: 31 August 2007 18:27
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
> >
> > Just out of interest I just shut down my "server" and
plugged all the
> > external drive housings (3 big 8 bay IDE to firewire enclosures +
2
> > single
> > drive IDE to firewire enclosures) and the Mac Mini into a
stripblock
> > fed via
> > one of the Maplin power monitor things...
> >
> > ...fancy taking a guess on what the consumption of a Mac Mini
plus 26
> > external hard discs is? (With all discs spinning and some hefty
> copying
> > going on to stress the system and force it to maximum
consumption.)
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Phil Harris
> > > Sent: 31 August 2007 18:00
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
> > >
> > > Do any of these standalone server solutions actually support
USB
> hubs
> > > so
> > > that you can add more than just one (or however many USB
ports it
> > has)
> > > hard
> > > discs as time progresses?
> > >
> > > I keep thinking of retiring the Mac Mini as my main server
but
> > there's
> > > about
> > > 6Tb of storage on there now (IIRC) and it just does the job
so
> well!
> > >
> > > Phil
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