Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

the only number I'm aware of for a disc drive is 37W (from when I
last bought a HD separately), and 21W was a straight guess at what a
MacMini would run at, based on the figure for the miniITX board I
bought recently, and assuming the HD would be off & CD drive
unused ... still, 'glad it was a lousy guess !

Chris


On 1 Sep 2007, at 10:40, Phil Harris wrote:

>> how about 26 x 37W + 21W = 983 watts ...
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> Where are those numbers from?
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>> to be offset by savings in heating-system running costs, of
course.
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> I have the "server" and several other PCs in the littlest
bedroom
> here and
> it's usually 30 degrees or more in there all year round unless I
> have the
> air con on. At least it's been better this year without the 4 x
19"
> CRTs!
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>> OTOH, how realistic is all spinning at once ?
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> Well, given that I usually turn off spindown on the drives then all
> the
> drives are usually spinning all the time as it can take quite a
> long time to
> spin up 26 drives in sequence. ;-)
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> Phil
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