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28x 18TB HDDs from Server Part Deals for my backup NAS. Going to put them in 3x 9-drive Z2 vdevs with 1 hot spare. When they go on sale again, I’ll probably snag another 20 to fill my array.

My chassis has 7 blades in it, and I typically only keep 4 powered on. However, I patch them regularly, requiring reboots, but I don’t have to take any VMs down with DRS.

4100 VA or about 2650 W…

Not including my office setup, that’s just what’s in the rack. MX7000 chassis with 7x MX740c blades, redundant 40G core switches, a fiber channel SAN, two 48-bay NAS with 10TB drives, and 240v power with a 5000W UPS.

Not including the AC for the garage that the rack is in.

And no, I am not a masochist.

Ouchies.

Power costs me $0.09 kWh where I live, so it’s far more affordable for me to run.

Yep. It’s not so bad. I typically only have 4 or so blades powered on at a time, so it’s not so bad. The MX9116N IOMs I have though require more cooling. Had I gone for the lesser ones, it’d probably be a little quieter.

This is the 4th post recently about these drives. Search the sub for the answer to your question.

2100 kWh/month, with the UPS reading about a 2900 W draw. Cost is $0.09/kWh. Located in Middle Tennessee.

This doesn’t answer your question, but check out the 18TB drives that can be had refurbished from Serverpartdeals.com. You can save a lot of money and buy extra drives for more capacity or on-hand replacements considering the savings.

I was just seeing that too. I’m gonna have to get some.

How soon are you looking to buy, and how many? I’ll have some 10TB drives for sale soon.