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15 Jun 2007

ReadyNAS Power Consumption

For anyone who might want to compare the power consumption of a ReadyNAS NV+ with a TeraStation, I've slapped the Kill-A-Watt on my ReadyNAS, and here are a couple of numbers.

Unlike the TeraStation, the ReadyNAS can be set to spindown all the drives. With all drives spun down, The ReadyNAS draws only 26W. With four segate 500GB drives, configured for XRAID, all spun up, the box draws 50W. Not too bad. I haven't watched the peak draw at power up, but that's probably not such a big deal since its a temporal event.

For comparison, check out Rama's numbers for the TeraStation.

(2007-06-15 10:27:50.0) Comments [2] // Permalink

Comments:

How do you like the ReadyNAS? Is it quiet? I found the TeraStation a bit too loud.

Posted by matthew on June 15, 2007 at 10:39 AM PDT #

I like it. Its pretty quiet. Its definitely more quiet than my desktop. And when the desktop is shut off the fan on the ReadyNAS isn't too loud. Its audible inside the den/office but that's about it. I have mixed feelings about the print server functionality. I guess its adequate, but its kind of slow. Still its better than having to fire up my desktop to print something from my wife's laptop.

Posted by Watt on June 15, 2007 at 10:45 AM PDT #