hardware for home use large storage

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Mon, 15 Feb 2010, Dan Naumov wrote:

DN> >> PSU: Corsair 400CX 80+ - 59 euro -
DN> >
DN> >> http://www.corsair.com/products/cx/default.aspx
DN> >
DN> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008 for $50
DN> >
DN> > Is that sufficient power up to 10 SATA HDD and an optical drive?
DN> 
DN> Disk power use varies from about 8 watt/disk for "green" disks to 20
DN> watt/disk for really powerhungry ones. So yes.

The only thing one should be aware that startup current on contemporary 3.5 
SATA disks would exceed 2.5A on 12V buse, so delaying plate startup is rather 
vital.

Or get 500-520 VA PSU to be sure. Or do both just to be on the safe side ;-)

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Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
[ FreeBSD committer:                                 marck at FreeBSD.org ]
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