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Re:PiBox Mini – Modular Raspberry Pi Storage Server by jagger27 on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:28PM (#28993970)
I love everything about this except the included 15W power supply, which seems too low for a CM4, fan, display, two SSDs, and the SATA controller.

The CM4 draws somewhere between 7 and 9 watts under peak load, and each SSD would be around 2W under load. That feels pretty tight already.

I'm sure it would be totally fine at idle and low loads, but I just can't see it being enough juice at full load with two drives, especially if there are other services running on it and the storage is encrypted.

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Re:PiBox Mini – Modular Raspberry Pi Storage Server by pastudan on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:08PM (#28995640)
We've done a lot of testing it doesn't get close to 15W of power, and also never trips the low voltage warning with the variety of 15W supplies I've used. We are including a 17.5W power supply with all boards to give it a little extra margin, just in case.
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Re:PiBox Mini – Modular Raspberry Pi Storage Server by jagger27 on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:55PM (#28995907)
That's great, thanks!
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