Superhub : Hard drive to connect to Superhub 2

[qasdfdsaq]

WHS doesn't inherently use any more electricity to run than any NAS. It's the hardware you run it on that uses the electricity.

WHS can easily run on a machine that uses less power than a VM Superhub.

[adduxi]

Originally Posted by Kushan

How much did you figure it was running, adduxi?

Can't put a figure on it now, my memory is getting on a bit! But it sure made that much difference it was very noticeable on the quarterly bill.

The QNAP runs at most 20w with 3 disks, and 11w when it's in sleep mode.

However the HP Server was loaded with 6 disks and a 500w PSU. Granted it was never in sleep mode as it did slightly different things over the NAS, e.g. backed up all WHS clients on every login.

So not quite a true comparison.

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

WHS doesn't inherently use any more electricity to run than any NAS. It's the hardware you run it on that uses the electricity.

WHS can easily run on a machine that uses less power than a VM Superhub.

As always, I can't argue with that

[qasdfdsaq]

I should also mention, for other readers' sake, if you're thinking of building a power-efficient NAS, an old laptop with a few USB drives would be a decent bet. Laptops are, after all, designed around maximum efficiency and minimum power usage.