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  • Uranium-235
    Comrade Glimmer
    • Aug 2007
    • 5042
    • US

    #1

    getting quote together for rack build

    so, i'm getting this together for a company, and i'm using this board /w a c2d E8400

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813182143

    and i'm paring it up with 2 SATA RE3's and this power supply

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817338047

    My question, is, well, will this PSU draw more then 500W even with both plugged in and running? I'm trying to find a good rackmount UPS and i'm not sure if I would need 2000W plus. I'm sure it draws a little more then 500W but i'm not sure its 1000W total. I'm just covering my bases and trying to make sure I don't f this up
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  • NxB
    Badcaps Legend
    • Feb 2009
    • 1595

    #2
    Re: getting quote together for rack build

    Will this be the only system in the rack? Any other stuff like routers, kvm, etc? 1000w is pretty puny.

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    • Uranium-235
      Comrade Glimmer
      • Aug 2007
      • 5042
      • US

      #3
      Re: getting quote together for rack build

      nope, another one just like it. its a small rack, one PBX and one file host

      what i'm asking is will a dual redundant 500W draw more then 500? will it draw double?
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      • NxB
        Badcaps Legend
        • Feb 2009
        • 1595

        #4
        Re: getting quote together for rack build

        This might help you:

        http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...r-results.html

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        • Uranium-235
          Comrade Glimmer
          • Aug 2007
          • 5042
          • US

          #5
          Re: getting quote together for rack build

          thank you, that does help but here is my problem

          if he motherboard draws say, 300w, will it run each PSU at 300W? (remember this is a redundant power supply)
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          • Th3_uN1Qu3
            Believe in
            • Jul 2010
            • 6031
            • Romania

            #6
            Re: getting quote together for rack build

            Well, grab a dictionary and look for the meaning of redundant. A redundant power supply means that it is failure proof in that if one of the two PSUs fail, the other one takes over. Basically you have one supply sitting idle waiting for the other one to fail, hence it uses zero power while doing that. If the first supply fails, then the second one will use up exactly the same amount of power that the first was previously using.

            Besides, 300+300 can't equal 300 anyway. So if the motherboard ate 300W and the supplies were in parallel, then it would use 150W off each. But as i explained above, this isn't the case.
            Originally posted by PeteS in CA
            Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
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            • PCBONEZ
              Grumpy Old Fart
              • Aug 2005
              • 10661
              • USA

              #7
              Re: getting quote together for rack build

              That's not how it works.
              They are auctioneered.
              They share the load and if one craps out the load simply shifts to the good one.
              20/80 or 30/70 is more realistic than 50/50 sharing though because the PSU's aren't going to be exactly identical no matter how hard they try.
              .
              Last edited by PCBONEZ; 05-15-2011, 07:00 PM.
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              • Th3_uN1Qu3
                Believe in
                • Jul 2010
                • 6031
                • Romania

                #8
                Re: getting quote together for rack build

                Hmm. So they don't trust them to switch on fast enough eh?
                Originally posted by PeteS in CA
                Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
                A working TV? How boring!

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                • brethin
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 1907
                  • USA

                  #9
                  Re: getting quote together for rack build

                  It depends on the subsystem, some can be managed the one you linked just load shares.
                  With a managed subsystem you can control what each PSU does and when.

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                  • PCBONEZ
                    Grumpy Old Fart
                    • Aug 2005
                    • 10661
                    • USA

                    #10
                    Re: getting quote together for rack build

                    Originally posted by Th3_uN1Qu3
                    Hmm. So they don't trust them to switch on fast enough eh?
                    No.
                    Internal redundant supplies aren't like grid back-up power.

                    They are connected directly to the mobo.
                    Switching takes too long and results in a spike which would [or could] result in a system crash.

                    Grid backup systems have the UPS between them and mobo which can take the load long enough for switch to do the shift and which will filter [buffer] out the spike.
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                    • PCBONEZ
                      Grumpy Old Fart
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 10661
                      • USA

                      #11
                      Re: getting quote together for rack build

                      Originally posted by Uranium-235

                      what i'm asking is will a dual redundant 500W draw more then 500? will it draw double?
                      No.
                      Power supplies don't 'push' power.

                      If your system uses 200 watts you could connect 10 PSU's in parallel to it and the system will still only use 200 watts which would be distributed across those 10 PSU's.
                      If 9 of the PSU's fail the load simply shifts to the 10th PSU which has to provide all 200 watts.
                      -
                      The down side is the PSU efficiency would really suck because of all the components that are powered up but not really doing much of anything.

                      -
                      -
                      You could take two standard ATX PSU's and make them redundant by adding a diode in each wire and then connecting them to the same load.
                      The diodes prevent power from one PSU from feeding back into the other PSU if one of them fails due to an internal short.
                      Diodes used that way are the simplest form of a DC power auctioneer.
                      .
                      .
                      Last edited by PCBONEZ; 05-16-2011, 07:15 AM.
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                      • PCBONEZ
                        Grumpy Old Fart
                        • Aug 2005
                        • 10661
                        • USA

                        #12
                        Re: getting quote together for rack build

                        A -fully- redundant power system would have each of those redundant PSUs powered by different generators and ideally the generators would be in different geographic locations. [One may be a local generator.]

                        That is what they do it in Nuclear Power and it's the preferred way to set up a Data Center. If you go shopping for a hosted server you will see some that 'brag' about being connected to two of more power companies [or their own generators] and/or that they are connected to two of more ISPs. [Because redundancy for ISP's works on the same principal.]
                        .
                        Mann-Made Global Warming.
                        - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

                        -
                        Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

                        - Dr Seuss
                        -
                        You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
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                        • PCBONEZ
                          Grumpy Old Fart
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 10661
                          • USA

                          #13
                          Re: getting quote together for rack build

                          Originally posted by PCBONEZ
                          You could take two standard ATX PSU's and make them redundant by adding a diode in each wire and then connecting them to the same load.
                          The diodes prevent power from one PSU from feeding back into the other PSU if one of them fails due to an internal short.
                          Diodes used that way are the simplest form of a DC power auctioneer.
                          .
                          .
                          The ground wires should also have diodes BTW...
                          Mann-Made Global Warming.
                          - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

                          -
                          Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

                          - Dr Seuss
                          -
                          You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                          -

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                          • Uranium-235
                            Comrade Glimmer
                            • Aug 2007
                            • 5042
                            • US

                            #14
                            Re: getting quote together for rack build

                            thanks for the info guys. Hmm, do you think a 300W redundant will run that E8400 and two RE3's?
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                            ^If you have datasheets not listed PM me

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                            • Th3_uN1Qu3
                              Believe in
                              • Jul 2010
                              • 6031
                              • Romania

                              #15
                              Re: getting quote together for rack build

                              Yes.
                              Originally posted by PeteS in CA
                              Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
                              A working TV? How boring!

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                              • Uranium-235
                                Comrade Glimmer
                                • Aug 2007
                                • 5042
                                • US

                                #16
                                Re: getting quote together for rack build

                                one board I am getting for the router is this:

                                http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138150

                                I notice several KZG's, should I bother replacing them after I get it? do you think KZG has gotten it right by 2010? (i'm sure when they initially developed this board). I bet I should replace the ones with vents (long as I do i with new caps from tc)
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                                ^If you have datasheets not listed PM me

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                                • PCBONEZ
                                  Grumpy Old Fart
                                  • Aug 2005
                                  • 10661
                                  • USA

                                  #17
                                  Re: getting quote together for rack build

                                  Total watts isn't enough information to know for sure.
                                  - There are a lot of 300 watt redundant PSUs still on the market that were designed for P3 and have next to nothing on +12v.

                                  So, need to check amps on each rail and the combined 3.3v & 5v, then look at how much you will pull on each rail.

                                  To estimate CPU amps draw on PSU take TDP, multiply by 1.5, then divide by volts on the rail. [+12v in this case.]
                                  The 1.5 compensates for VRM efficiency and assumes it's 67% to be conservative.
                                  [65% isn't uncommon on older boards and is possible current cheap boards. Most newer boards [that say, which ain't many] have VRM efficiency between 70&75%.]

                                  Drives use both +12v and +5v, just read the amps off the drives.
                                  Fans are generally on +12v and can add up if the server chassis has a cubic butt-ton of them.

                                  You need to look at video power too especially if using an add-in.
                                  Hungry video chips can use a lot of +12v.
                                  Mediocre Integrated [in chipset] video is loosely around 40 watts on Intel chipset boards but it varies and so does where the power comes from. [Which rail.]

                                  Assume 2 amps on +5v and 2 amps on +3.3v per installed add-in card.
                                  [That's the limit of the -slots- which is used because cards do not say how much they use. It's not likely a card will actually use that but assuming it will gives a safety margin.]

                                  -
                                  KZG & KZJ were never good and they are now out of production so they never will be.
                                  If you want it to last get rid of them.
                                  .
                                  Mann-Made Global Warming.
                                  - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

                                  -
                                  Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

                                  - Dr Seuss
                                  -
                                  You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                                  -

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                                  • PCBONEZ
                                    Grumpy Old Fart
                                    • Aug 2005
                                    • 10661
                                    • USA

                                    #18
                                    Re: getting quote together for rack build

                                    I have a few NOS redundants around that don't have jobs.
                                    Among them is a 460 watt Zippy/Emacs that might be perfect depending on the chassis.
                                    I'll PM you.
                                    Mann-Made Global Warming.
                                    - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

                                    -
                                    Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

                                    - Dr Seuss
                                    -
                                    You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                                    -

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                                    • Uranium-235
                                      Comrade Glimmer
                                      • Aug 2007
                                      • 5042
                                      • US

                                      #19
                                      Re: getting quote together for rack build

                                      the 3.3 & 5 is 160 total

                                      the c2d 8400 is 65w.

                                      so 65 * 1.5 / 12 = ~8.125?
                                      Last edited by Uranium-235; 05-17-2011, 09:49 PM.
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                                      • goodpsusearch
                                        Badcaps Legend
                                        • Oct 2009
                                        • 2848
                                        • Greece

                                        #20
                                        Re: getting quote together for rack build

                                        Is this true? They stopped making KZG and KZJ?

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