Power consumption
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Power consumption of ICY BOX NAS-4220-B
Power consumption of IB-NAS4220-B (firmware 2.6.0.IB.1.RS.1.) with 2x500GB HDD (HDA: Samsung HD501LJ, HDB WD5000AAKS) in RAID 1 (ext2).
Reading comprehension measured using a wattmeter Yokogawa type WT110.
| power supply only | 4.10 W |
| NAS off, power supply plugged | 4.25 W |
| NAS with rotating HDDs | 23.50 W |
| NAS with read access | 24.50 W |
| NAS with write access | 26.00 W |
| NAS in Standby, fan on | 9.90 W |
| NAS in Standby, fan off | 9.60 W |
| peak power during start of HDD | ca. 75.00 W |
Trade-off to another systems
Acer Aspire easyStore (NAS-System)
- NAS-Server with four SATA positions
- 43,9 Watts in idle
- 49,1 Watts in burn
- Source: c't 03/2008, page 68
The high power consumption due to staffed by four harddrives.
Low-consumption PC (Desktop)
- ca. 43 Watts in idle Windows-Desktop (no display and peripheral devices measured)
- ca. 72 - 129 Watts in burn (CPU, video card)
- Source: c't 03/2008, pages 82-83
