The Logic Off Topic list

"Murray McDowall" <murraymc@...> wrote:

> One issue with running many drives is that it can overtax your power 
> supply. At idle, a drive may only draw about 8 or 10 watts but on spinup
> the current drawn can be up 2.5x the rate when at operating speed. 4 
> drives can be a problem even with a 500 W power supply. An Antec 
> Neopower 480 I have will not drive 4 Seagate Barracudas for example (on 
> PC). There is a case therefore for keeping the drive count down. Two x 
> 250 isn't necessarily a better idea than 1 x 500 or 1x 1000.

I've been using 4 internal drives in both my G4 and my brand new Mac Pro and never seen any issues, maybe because Mac gives a drive some 5 or 6 seconds to spin up before it starts another one... Thanks for the headsup anyway.

Best,

Andy