From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 2 16:54:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA26119 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 16:54:04 -0800 Received: from seagull.rtd.com (root@seagull.rtd.com [198.102.68.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA26090 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 16:53:55 -0800 Received: (from dgy@localhost) by seagull.rtd.com (8.6.12/8.6.9.1) id RAA18605; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 17:39:08 -0700 From: Don Yuniskis Message-Id: <199512030039.RAA18605@seagull.rtd.com> Subject: Re: No Thumbs??? (lack of concensus) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 17:39:07 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers) In-Reply-To: <4616.817948317@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Dec 2, 95 03:51:57 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 917 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > Jordan, so quick to say no. The answer is dependent on the drives, how > > close you are running to the capacity of the supply, etc. Most enclosures > > have wimpy power supplies, this is a problem :-( > > Yes, but I never use enclosures with wimpy power supplies (you should > see the one in wcarchive!) so such power sequencing isn't necessary. > > Yes, you could argue that people jamming multiple drives into PC > enclosures with wimpy power supplies will suffer, but then I'd never > suggest that people do so, either! If you're going to start using > lots of drives, get them their own home and their own nice little PS! Ack! So, given they have their own little home (a full height 5" external enclosure), is the "typical" 60W supply going to cut the mustard? Guess I don't know how long the powerup transients are and how much extra reserve these little supplies have up their sleeves. Thx, don