[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[Roman Naumenko]

----- Original Message -----
> Le 2014/01/03 16:02 +0100, Roman Naumenko a écrit:
> > Power is 200W, I can live with that.
> 
> I'll be pedantic on this point, as I've researched it for my own
> little
> home NAS and checked with a power meter :-)
> 200W is the *max* power rating. The enclosure itself, with its couple
> of
> LEDs and fans, will use about nothing. The actual use depends on the
> disks, and for a modern 3.5" disk, is about ~10w (specs for my
> Seagates
> say around 13, IIRC). My 8-disk enclosure uses about 70-80w,
> depending
> on the level of use.
> So buying a noisy HP or a silent IcyBox will just consume the same
> amount of electricity if they're fitted with the same disks inside.
> 
> My 0,02€,

Ok, thanks for this clarification. 
Its obvious that vendor provides max power consumption.

Which box did you buy for you storage, MSAxx? (or is it just server with the disks).

--Roman