DEC disk drive power consumption (was Re: QBUS SCSI

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Mon Feb 24 18:28:00 2003

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> I don't think you can put a KDA50 in a BA23, isn't the reason that
> "Corporate Cabinets" have dual BA23's in the rack so that you've got enough
> power for everything? At least I seem to remember reading that was the
> reason.
Correct, you'll fry the BA23's power supply. The KDA50's are
power-hungry beasts, which indeed was the reason for the weird
MV2-style dual-ba23-bolted-together racks. One for the system
itself, one for the KDA50.

--fred
Received on Mon Feb 24 2003 - 18:28:00 GMT