[ale] How much wattage in my server?

[Dow Hurst]

Robert,
You do want to count up the wattage on everything.  Hope you can get the 
specs!  You might want to look at this review for selecting a quality 
power supply:

http://www17.tomshardware.com/howto/20021021/

Longevity, quality, and amount of rated wattage that it can deliver 
without problems should be real important in this purchase.  Do you know 
if you had a heat related failure?  Hope this helps,
Dow


Robert L. Harris wrote:

>Ok, I've got a server with a dead power supply and am trying to figure
>out what size of supply I need to replace it...
>
>Configuration:
>  Tyan 2466 Motherb board
>  dual AMD Athalon 1.8GHz
>  2x 8port 3ware IDE cards
>  16x 120Gig Maxtor Hard drives (yes, 16 drives)
>  Dual Nic (100bT and 100bT)
>  ATI VGA card
>  3 Case Mount Fans...
>
>I've never had to calculate the wattage needed for a power supply
>before.  Is it just a count up the drives and hope there's specs on them
>and then try to add up the various components the same way?
>
>Robert
>
>  
>:wq!
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: E344DA3B
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>DISCLAIMER:
>      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
>FYI:
> perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
>
>  
>

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