Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 16:46:52 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: No Thumbs??? (lack of concensus) Message-ID: <199512012346.QAA14585@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <3594.817858677@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Dec 1, 95 02:57:57 pm
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It seems that Jordan K. Hubbard said: > > > Yeah but power is power. If you dissipate 10 - 15W, it doesn't matter > > *what* is dissipating the power! So, 2X would be in the 20 - 30W range > > (comparable to the tape drive). > > Actually, you and I both know that's not true because we know that > power dissipation is only part of the equation. There's also the > question of *where* the power is turning most fully into heat and how > effective your air conditioning (or other heat transfering > metal-to-metal contact) is at that point. Understood. I imagine the smaller surface area of the drive is a hindrance there. > You're also assuming that the power dissipation specs for hard drives > can always be believed, something I actually have strong reason to > doubt in at least several cases. *That* is most disconcerting! I guess I could always grab a multimeter (*after* the fact). So, how are people mounting 1991's (etc.)? In file server cases?? Seems like a bit of overkill... thx, don
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