Hey folks,
I recently built my first NAS from some spare computer parts lying around.
Here are the specs:
Mobo - Asus P8P67
CPU - Intel® Core™ i7-2600K
RAM- 16GB - RipjawsX 4GB DDR3 2133MHz x4
HDD - RaidZ1 - Seagate Ironwolf 10tb 7200rpm 6gb/s ST10000VN0004 x4
SSD - Temp storage - Samsung SSD 840 PRO 512gb
PSU - rm850x 80+ Gold
On idle my system consumes 63w. I've seen folks with raids that consume around 20w on idle.
Question: How can I improve the power efficiency of my NAS?
1. I'm assuming the most power consumption is from the HDDs. I've set the "Advanced Power Management" option on the seagate disks to "Level 128 - Minimum power usage without Standby (no spindown)". I'm guessing I could probably do better with setting it to "Level 1 - Minimum power usage with Standby (spindown)". But I've heard it isn't good to let the disks spin down constantly. What are your thoughts on this?
2. Again the system was just built from parts I had laying around, and most were intended for gaming. Are their any "significant" (at least 20w) savings in power I can achieve by replacing one of my components?
Thanks in advance for your time!
- Harman
I recently built my first NAS from some spare computer parts lying around.
Here are the specs:
Mobo - Asus P8P67
CPU - Intel® Core™ i7-2600K
RAM- 16GB - RipjawsX 4GB DDR3 2133MHz x4
HDD - RaidZ1 - Seagate Ironwolf 10tb 7200rpm 6gb/s ST10000VN0004 x4
SSD - Temp storage - Samsung SSD 840 PRO 512gb
PSU - rm850x 80+ Gold
On idle my system consumes 63w. I've seen folks with raids that consume around 20w on idle.
Question: How can I improve the power efficiency of my NAS?
1. I'm assuming the most power consumption is from the HDDs. I've set the "Advanced Power Management" option on the seagate disks to "Level 128 - Minimum power usage without Standby (no spindown)". I'm guessing I could probably do better with setting it to "Level 1 - Minimum power usage with Standby (spindown)". But I've heard it isn't good to let the disks spin down constantly. What are your thoughts on this?
2. Again the system was just built from parts I had laying around, and most were intended for gaming. Are their any "significant" (at least 20w) savings in power I can achieve by replacing one of my components?
Thanks in advance for your time!
- Harman