5 Feb
2009
5 Feb
'09
1:33 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Dennis Boone <drb at msu.edu> wrote:
I have one of those and it doesn't trip a 30A breaker by itself. If I
have the VAX on (same PDU), I think I have to be careful about
spinning down the drive.
-ethan
Peripherals,
on the other hand, will vary. If it's got a couple hefty
disks with it, it might draw a lot more. A couple large SMD disks can
blow a 15a breaker if you spin them all up at once.
IIRC, an RA81 disk has an inrush spec of 80 amps for a time period
measured in seconds.
Ok, so you don't want one of those anyway. :)