I have debating about getting one of these, to store video and
backups. It is highly rated on this months Maximum PC
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=279
Western Digital My Book World II WDG2NC10000N 1TB 7200 RPM Network
Hard Drive - Retail = $381
I know I could pick up a couple of 500GB drives for $250 and put them
in my server, or make my own NAS box, but I would like something
mobile, that I can run separately 24/7 on the Network that doesn't
cost 40 to 60 bucks a month to run .... I am talking about the
electric bill. I have a device that measures Kilowatt hours and I run
a Xeon server 24/7 and that costs me around $60 per month to run.
It is high because I am in Southern California which is also Enron
screwie country.... so the bills just keep rising. Plus I have a
property with main house and a rental in a single family area, so I
am above the SCE average and that pushes me into the 30 cent per
kilowatt hour area.
Needless to say I don't want to pay 50 bucks a month to run this
thing and I can't find any kind of information other then it pulls a
maximum of 250 watts, which means it probably pulls less then a amp
when it runs. Does anybody have any idea what it costs to run these
things over a 24 hour period in Kilowatt hours.
It is small, simple to use, like a network printer, and off hand it
seems like it won't cost that much to run. So what does the
collective think? Comments, encouragement, warnings, appreciated!
