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kturcotte
Apr 21, 2012Aspirant
RND4000 NV+ v2
I have a couple of questions before I purchase the RND4000 NV+ v2. Basically, I'd like to use it as a media server. I'd want to put 4 3TB Western Digital hard drives into it. I'd like it to run in 2 d...
StephenB
Apr 22, 2012Guru - Experienced User
There is some useful general information on power savings with "green" drives here: http://arstechnica.com/hardware/guides/ ... -green.ars
kturcotte wrote: ...Another question-how much power do these consume? Right now based on 4 3TB "Green" drives? ...
Basically, if you want to understand the disk power usage you need to look at the specs for the specific drives you are considering, and take your usage pattern into account.
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