Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk

["Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are you going to give us the real figure?

R

On 8/31/07, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   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 <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of Phil Harris
> > Sent: 31 August 2007 18:00
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > 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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