ST3146855FC

Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 4 Gbit operation is 10.56 watts (36.0 BTUs per hour).

To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following I/O rate curve (see Figure 7). Locate the typical I/O rate for a drive in your system on the horizontal axis and read the corresponding +5 volt current, +12 volt current, and total watts on the vertical axis. To calculate BTUs per hour, multiply watts by 3.4123.

 

 

 

ST3146855FC CURRENT/POWER vs THROUGHPUT (FC - 4GB)

 

 

1.400

 

 

 

Random 8 Block Reads

 

16.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5Volt A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.00

12 Volt A

 

1.200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power (watts)

Amperes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00

0.800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.00

0.600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00

 

 

0.0

50.0

100.0

150.0

200.0

250.0

300.0

350.0

400.0

 

 

 

 

 

I/Os per Second

 

 

 

 

Figure 8. ST3146855FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second at 4 Gbit

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