one 2.5" 5400 for system and maximum four 3TB 3.5" green HDDs, like this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/3tb-hdd-hard-drive,2982-11.html, disks will be 80% time in idle mode. I think you would have to test it with 3,4 & 5 disks and measure the consumption. But i think it's feasible. It's not th...

neveceral wrote:Hi,
I am going to build the same server as alewinsky only with E3 1220l, Is Pico PSU 120 with 80W power adapter really powerful enough?

depends on how many disks you plan to use. 3 sata disks should'n be a problem.

Wkr.

Thought I might share my plans with you all. So I have a Norco 4224 chassis already, and a Tyan Micro ATX S5510GM3NR motherboard (reviewed here): http://www.servethehome.com/tyan-s5510-s5510gm3nr-matx-sandy-bridge-xeon-lga1155-c204-motherboard-review/ I have an Intel E3 1260L on the way... Someone ...

I'm running esxi off course :-) And on top off that, astaro, ubuntu's & debian's with tvheadend,plexmediaserver and other stuff. I wanted to do something similar, just didn't work properly for me :( Do you use VMDirectPath/VT-d? VT-d, i share the usb controllers with a guest. I'm pretty impressed w...

I'm running esxi off course :-) And on top off that, astaro, ubuntu's & debian's with tvheadend,plexmediaserver and other stuff. I'm pretty impressed with your idle result on the 1230, I got the the 1220L. but with a seasonic psu. With those idle results the 1230 should be a better deal for virtuali...

Hi. I tested a 1220l with the same kill a watt meter (are you danish btw), i got 24,8 watts with a 2,5" disk. So i guess the rest must be the psu.

Hi I'ts really hard to find any solid info about DVD drive idle power consumption. I found one gigabyte dvd ide drive that only used 0,5 watt in idle, but that cannot be bought here in denmark. does anyone have specs on a dvdrw drive that still can be bought ? Please post your dvd drive idle power c...