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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 months agoMax wattage would be under load. OP has said the PSUs are rated for 750 vs 600 (potentially 750x2 if they plug the rack’s second psu in).
That’s your max usage right there. But that’s assuming everything tops out and it’s not a valid assumption.
peereboominc@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I do not agree with that.
A PSU is the maximum what all the components combined are allowed to use. No more power than that is possible. If a system needs more than it’s PSU can deliver, it will become unstable (data loss, random restarts, etc.)
The 2x750 is a redundant setup that servers have. Servers need to be able to run 24/7. With redundant PSU if one PSU has a failure, the other PSU will take over. Without any restarts. You can just pull the plug out of one of the PSU and all is just fine.
I do agree with you that the max wattage is under load. Most home servers are running idle most of the time anyway.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 months ago
that’s why there’s 2x 750’s instead of a single 1500 watt, yes. but they’re frequently capable of drawing more than the 750 watts under high demand loads. which is kinda why I put that bit in parenthesis. The OP has said they have it unplugged.
first point is literally what I said.