[rescue] replacing an Ultra2

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
>Date: 2007/04/16 Mon PM 09:24:23 CDT
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] replacing an Ultra2

>On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 09:46:26PM -0400, Steve Sandau wrote:
>> > Not bad at all, except for that 1300W power supply.
>> You mean that is uses a lot of juice, or is there something else?
>
>Exactly.  While SB1K/2Ks are nice machines, I *hate* that lopsided case
>design (due to the PSU).
>
>Okay, I'm mistaken - here's what Sunsolve says about the SB1/2K:
>AC input  	100 - 240 VAC 47 - 63 Hz, 8 A(max) 0.875 KVA
>
>So, not *quite* as bad.  I wonder why I was thinking 1300W?
>
>It's still 8.75x as much as my iMac, though.

Not quite - per Apple web site[0]:

"Maximum continuous power: 180W (17- and 20-inch models); 220W (24-inch model)" 

My E420r takes about 610 watts, per Sun web site[1]...

Lionel

[0] http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html
[1] http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/E420R/spec.html