I am currently using a 900W PSU from a SuperMicro SuperWorkstation 5037A-i in a NORCO RPC-4224 Case. The specs are as follows:
reproduced from http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/tower/5037/sys-5037a-i.cfm
The motherboard is SM X9SRA (from the same SM system) and the CPU is E5-1650.
I'm wondering if this is good for 24 HDDs especially considering the start-up power draw of the HDDs. I'm currently running 11-12 HDDs and it seems good so far. If it's not good would you recommend a PSU good for many HDDs?
I believe the NORCO back plane does not support staggered start-up of HDDs? Is there any cheap way to make a staggered start-up setup?
In addition, how to RMA bad SAS back planes for the NORCO RPC-4224? It seems if i connect more than 3 back planes the computer cannot power up. I can't find contact information on the NORCO website.
Code:
AC Voltage 100-240 V, 50-60 Hz, 10-6 Amp
+5V Standby 3 Amp
+12V1 25 Amp
+12V2 25 Amp
+12V3 25 Amp
+12V4 25 Amp
+5V 25 Amp
+3.3V 25 Amp
-12V 0.5 Amp
reproduced from http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/tower/5037/sys-5037a-i.cfm
The motherboard is SM X9SRA (from the same SM system) and the CPU is E5-1650.
I'm wondering if this is good for 24 HDDs especially considering the start-up power draw of the HDDs. I'm currently running 11-12 HDDs and it seems good so far. If it's not good would you recommend a PSU good for many HDDs?
I believe the NORCO back plane does not support staggered start-up of HDDs? Is there any cheap way to make a staggered start-up setup?
In addition, how to RMA bad SAS back planes for the NORCO RPC-4224? It seems if i connect more than 3 back planes the computer cannot power up. I can't find contact information on the NORCO website.