<p dir="ltr">Okay looking at some reviews that drive has been measured to pull 3 watts at peak power. That is .6 amps which should be able to be powered by a single USB port, unless we go the battery route and then the 1 amp port on either of those battery options is more than sufficient.</p>
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<div>for a drive I am looking at <a title="http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8511357&CatId=139" href="http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8511357&CatId=139" target="_blank">http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8511357&CatId=139</a></div>
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<div>I assume we want 5400 rpm for less power.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="jon.nettleton@gmail.com" href="mailto:jon.nettleton@gmail.com" target="_blank">Jon Nettleton</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 04, 2014 12:05 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="tim@timmoody.com" href="mailto:tim@timmoody.com" target="_blank">Tim
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<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="georgejhunt@gmail.com" href="mailto:georgejhunt@gmail.com" target="_blank">George Hunt</a> ; <a title="server-devel@lists.laptop.org" href="mailto:server-devel@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">XS Devel</a> ; <a title="xsce-devel@googlegroups.com" href="mailto:xsce-devel@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">xsce-devel</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype
Packaging</div></div></div>
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<div dir="ltr">All we need is 5volt DC in, preferably 2amps minimum. If the
drives aren't too power hungry then they should be able to be powered by the
eSATAp connector, although I haven't tested that. I will actually ask
Rabeeh if he has tested it. I know he has tested eSATA just don't know if
it was self powered. If we can't get eSATA to power the drive for whatever
reason then a USB port should be possible. A lot of older eSATA cases
would require a usb plug for power, if they didn't support eSATAp.
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<div>Most of this depends on the draw of the drives. If we want a battery
backup solution then we probably want the larger case I posted a link to earlier
and then a battery solution that provides two 5volt 2amp outputs. I am
pretty sure I saw one on Amazon.</div>
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<div>Do you guys have the models of drives you plan on using for storage?
Time to run some numbers.</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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