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How many hard drives can we pack into a consumer workstation? A hard drive requires its maximum power draw upon initial spinup

==Considerations==

* Space
* Heat
* Max 12V power draw, PSU
* Max 5V power draw, PSU (not relevant for newer drives)
* Max power draw, cables + connectors
* Controllers

==Seagate Exos 18==
From the manual, we learn a peak DC draw of 2.88A @ 12V, 34.56W(!). A typical AWG18 wire can safely conduct 9.5A. A AWG16 can do about 15. Without staggered spinup, it is thus probably unsafe to put more than 5 drives on a single AWG16 wire, or 3 on AWG18.

==See also==
* "[http://www.45drives.com/blog/uncategorized/power-draw-of-enterprise-class-hard-drives-versus-consumer-class-drives/ Power Draw of Enterprise vs Consumer Class Drives]", 45drives
* "[http://www.45drives.com/blog/uncategorized/staggered-spinup-and-its-effect-on-power-draw/ Staggered spinup and its Effect on Power Draw]", 45drives
* Seagate [https://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/enterprise-hdd-fam/exos-x18-channel/_shared/en-us/docs/100865854c.pdf Exos 18] manual