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Date:      Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:05:17 +0200
From:      Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es>
To:        Hodge Podge <nicole@unixgirl.com>, Michael VanLoon <MichaelV@EDIFECS.COM>
Cc:        val@picturetrail.com, mike.wentz@3ware.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es>
Subject:   Re: 3ware stuff not ready for heavy duty useage-followup
Message-ID:  <200108210705.f7L75HV04414@borja.sarenet.es>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010820183751.nicole@unixgirl.com>
References:  <XFMail.010820183751.nicole@unixgirl.com>

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On Tuesday 21 August 2001 03:37, Hodge Podge wrote:
  No, 300 watts is plenty. IDE's do not use as much current as SCSI drive=
s
> and I have run more scsi drives than that on a 300W Power supply.
>
>  Now I suppose it would depend on the amount of activity and the drives
> particular sensitivity, but that only makes the case more so in some wa=
ys.
> How much coddling do the IDE's need then?

=09Have a look at the specifications and check the temperature after some=
=20
hours. Modern, high-performance disks generate enormous amounts of heat.



=09Borja.

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